Security News > 2019 > October

Guess what? You should patch Exim again!
2019-10-01 09:52

Hot on the heels of a patch for a critical RCE Exim flaw comes another one that fixes a denial of service (DoS) condition (CVE-2019-16928) that could also be exploited by attackers to pull off...

Darknet hosting provider busted in underground NATO bunker
2019-10-01 09:41

Police overcame not only digital defenses of the "bulletproof" provider CyberBunker but also barbed wire fences and surveillance cams.

Over A Billion Malicious Ad Impressions Exploit WebKit Flaw to Target Apple Users
2019-10-01 09:04

The infamous eGobbler hacking group that surfaced online earlier this year with massive malvertising campaigns has now been caught running a new campaign exploiting two browser vulnerabilities to...

Russian Troll Farm Targeted With Fresh US Sanctions
2019-10-01 09:03

Treasury Department Again Clamps Down on Putin Ally and Internet Research AgencyThe U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and six employees of a...

Senate Passes DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act
2019-10-01 08:51

The United States Senate recently passed the DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act, a piece of legislation that instructs the DHS to help organizations protect themselves against cyber...

Brighton perv cops community service for 'hacking' women's Facebook accounts
2019-10-01 08:15

Guilty plea to Computer Misuse Act crimes A man who hacked women's Facebook accounts to steal their intimate images has been ordered to carry out 200 hours' unpaid work after admitting three...

American Man Jailed in US Over Singapore HIV Data Leak
2019-10-01 06:58

An American man who leaked confidential details of thousands of HIV-positive people in Singapore, most of them foreigners, has been jailed in the United States for two years. read more

Assessing risk: Measuring the health of your infosec environment
2019-10-01 06:00

There is an uncomfortable truth that many organizations are not conducting comprehensive assessments of their information security risk; or those that do aren’t getting much value out of...

Dive deep into the world of cyber attackers at the CyberThreat Summit
2019-10-01 06:00

Find everything you need to know to stay one step ahead with SANS next month Promo Hosted by the UK government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and training specialist SANS Institute, the...

Managing and monitoring privileged access to cloud ecosystems
2019-10-01 05:30

Cloud data breaches are on the rise, demonstrating time and again the need for a different approach and strategy when it comes to managing and monitoring privileged access to cloud ecosystems....