Security News > 2019

Insider Trading: SEC Describes $4.1 Million Hacking Scheme
2019-01-16 13:03

Ukrainian Hacker Charged With Stealing Nonpublic 'Test Files' for 8 TradersThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged seven individuals and two organizations with being part of an...

El Chapo's Encryption Defeated by Turning His IT Consultant
2019-01-16 12:53

Impressive police work: In a daring move that placed his life in danger, the I.T. consultant eventually gave the F.B.I. his system's secret encryption keys in 2011 after he had moved the network's...

Taking Advantage of Network Segmentation in 2019
2019-01-16 12:52

Here's how organizations can get started with network segmentation – including some potential issues to plan for and successfully avoid.

2019 Predictions: What Will Be This Year’s Big Trends in Tech?
2019-01-16 12:41

What will 2019 bring, and how can businesses prepare themselves for the technological developments to come over the next twelve months?

Are you sure those WhatsApp messages are meant for you?
2019-01-16 12:26

Abby Fuller got a shock when she logged into WhatsApp using a new telephone number. She found someone else’s messages waiting for her.

Intel patches another security flaw in SGX technology
2019-01-16 12:19

Of the six advisories Intel released last week, the most interesting is a flaw discovered in the company’s Software Guard Extensions (SGX).

Beware buying Fortnite’s V-Bucks, you could be funding organised crime
2019-01-16 11:50

Credit card thieves are laundering money by purchasing the in-game currency V-Bucks, then selling it back at a discount to players.

Fortnite Flaws Allowed Hackers to Takeover Gamers' Accounts
2019-01-16 11:03

Check Point researchers have discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortnite, a massively popular online battle game, one of which could have allowed remote attackers to completely...

Police can’t compel biometric phone unlocking, rules judge
2019-01-16 11:02

The landmark decision asserts the same legal protection for biometrics that we're given for passcodes.

Researcher releases PoC for Windows VCF file RCE vulnerability
2019-01-16 09:57

A vulnerability that exists in the way Windows processes VCard files (.vcf) can be exploited by remote attackers to achieve execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems, security researcher John...