Security News > 2019 > November

BEC Scam Costs Media Giant Nikkei $29 Million
2019-11-04 15:34

In September, a Nikkei America employee transferred $29 million to BEC scammers who were purporting to be a Nikkei executive.

Sumo Logic acquires JASK to leverage modern apps, architectures and multi-cloud infrastructures
2019-11-04 15:29

Sumo Logic announced the acquisition of JASK, a provider of cloud-native autonomous security operations center (ASOC) software. The acquisition brings together Sumo Logic’s Continuous Intelligence...

Cybersecurity Executives Say Cost of Security Reasonable: Survey
2019-11-04 15:03

FireEye has surveyed over 800 cybersecurity executives from around the world for its inaugural 2020 Cyber Trendscape Report and most of them do not believe that cybersecurity solutions are...

Norsk Hydro Breach: Update on Insurance Coverage
2019-11-04 14:48

So Far, Insurance Has Paid $3.6 Million, But More AnticipatedSo far, Norweigan aluminum company Norsk Hydro has received just $3.6 million from its cyber insurer to cover expenses related to the...

Don't Let Annual Predictions Overshadow the Need for Iterative Security
2019-11-04 14:35

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,” said Benjamin Franklin, whose now-infamous quotation still rings true today. Well, mostly true. As a security...

Please tell us why you're not securing yourselves, UK.gov asks businesses
2019-11-04 14:32

If security worries you, send them your fears on a postcard The British government wants your bright ideas for improving the nation's cybersecurity because it wants to "understand the apparent...

Microsoft Office for Mac Users Exposed to Macro-Based Attacks
2019-11-04 14:23

Microsoft Office for Mac does not properly disable XLM macros, thus exposing users to code execution attacks, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University warns. read more

Mueller Documents: Manafort Pushed Ukraine Hack Theory
2019-11-04 13:32

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pushed the idea that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack of the Democratic National Committee servers, Manafort’s...

Russia’s sovereign internet law comes into force
2019-11-04 12:45

The new law compels the country’s ISPs to forward all data arriving and departing from their networks through special gateway servers.

Pentagon publishes AI guidelines
2019-11-04 12:43

As the specter of warrior robots looms large, the Pentagon has published a set of ethical guidelines for its use of artificial intelligence.