Security News

Week in review: Hardware Trojans, Office 365 compromise prevention, getting the most out of pentesting
2018-12-16 18:26

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Deception technology: Authenticity and why it matters An overview of the central role that authenticity plays in the...

Supply chain compromise: Adding undetectable hardware Trojans to integrated circuits
2018-12-10 15:16

Is it possible for attackers to equip integrated circuits with hardware Trojans that will not change the area or power consumption of the IC, making them thus indiscernible through power-based...

Oz opposition caves, offers encryption backdoor compromise
2018-11-27 02:57

Mark Dreyfus offers to rubber-stamp legislation if only counter-terror agencies get decryption Mark Dreyfus, the Labor opposition's shadow Attorney General, has offered a compromise on Australia's...

Emotet’s Thanksgiving Campaign Delivers New Recipes for Compromise
2018-11-21 16:19

The crafty malware has departed from its usual cornucopia of tactics and tricks.

Business Email Compromise: Must-Have Defenses
2018-11-02 19:18

David Stubley of 7 Elements Shares BEC Incident Response Lessons LearnedWant to better block business email compromise - CEO fraud - attacks outright, as well as be able to spot and respond more...

PoC Exploit Compromises Microsoft Live Accounts via Subdomain Hijacking
2018-11-01 15:44

Poor DNS housekeeping opens the door to account takeover.

AWS FreeRTOS Bugs Allow Compromise of IoT Devices
2018-10-19 15:24

The bugs let hackers crash IoT devices, leak their information, and completely take them over.

VestaCP users warned about possible server compromise
2018-10-19 11:03

Unknown attackers have compromised the official distribution of the VestaCP hosting control panel solution to harvest server IPs and admin credentials. That information was exploited to install...

Defending Against Business Email Compromise Attacks
2018-10-10 16:33

What can organizations do to thwart business email compromise attacks? In an interview, David Stubley, CEO of the consultancy 7 Elements, outlines several key steps. He'll be a featured speaker at...

Just Answering A Video Call Could Compromise Your WhatsApp Account
2018-10-10 07:33

What if just receiving a video call on WhatsApp could hack your smartphone? This sounds filmy, but Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich found a critical vulnerability in...