Security News > 2019 > September

Crimeware Risk Underestimated, Chronicle Finds
2019-09-05 09:37

The risk associated with crimeware is underestimated, despite a continuous increase in attacks involving financially motivated malware, a new report from Alphabet-owned security firm Chronicle...

Twitter temporarily disables 'Tweeting via SMS' after CEO gets hacked
2019-09-05 09:18

Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series...

Tech Firms, US Officials Talk Election Protection at Facebook
2019-09-05 07:30

Facebook said technology firms and US officials met at its Silicon Valley headquarters on Wednesday to collaborate on protecting next year's presidential election from cyber threats. read more

Twitter Temporarily Disables Tweeting via SMS After CEO Hack
2019-09-05 07:24

Twitter announced on Wednesday that it has decided to temporarily disable the feature that allows users to post tweets via SMS, in an effort to protect accounts. read more

Supply chain security: Five IT strategies for choosing vendors wisely
2019-09-05 05:30

With the proliferation of SaaS solutions, API integrations and cloud computing, virtually everything in the modern enterprise is connected to untold number of outside entities. In fact, many...

Digital transformation success at risk as CIOs struggle to deliver digital projects
2019-09-05 05:00

Despite rising optimism in digital transformation, the vast majority of organizations are still suffering failure, delays or scaled back expectations from digital transformation projects, research...

Critical vulnerabilities uncovered in Danfoss SCADA product, patch now!
2019-09-05 04:30

Risk Based Security uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in the AK-EM 800 product from SCADA vendor Danfoss. The discovered vulnerabilities Researchers found two critical vulnerabilities. One is...

Organizations focus on fine-tuning systems to ensure compliance while reducing risk
2019-09-05 04:00

66% of financial institutions face the significant challenge of achieving low false positive rates, putting unnecessary burden on their compliance departments and creating inefficiencies in their...

ThousandEyes’ Internet-aware synthetic monitoring solution detects modern app performance issues
2019-09-05 03:00

ThousandEyes, the company that delivers visibility into the Internet and digital experiences, announced ThousandEyes Synthetics, an Internet-aware synthetic monitoring solution for proactive...

Samsung launches Exynos 980, a  5G-integrated mobile processor
2019-09-05 02:30

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced its latest mobile processor, the Exynos 980, which combines best-in-class connectivity with an integrated 5G...