Security News

Securing Single Points of Compromise (SPoC) (SANS Reading Room)
2015-07-02 20:17

Deadly Windows, Reader font bugs can lead to full system compromise (Help Net Security)
2015-06-24 14:28

"Even in 2015 - the era of high-quality mitigations and security mechanisms - one good bug still suffices for a complete system compromise," Mateusz Jurczyk, an infosec engineer with Google Project Ze...

NSA, GCHQ Linked to Efforts to Compromise Antivirus Vendors: Report (SecurityWeek)
2015-06-23 04:26

Weak SSH keys opened many GitHub repositories to compromise (Help Net Security)
2015-06-03 10:37

Github repositories of many entities, projects, and even one government could have been compromised and used to deliver malicious code due to the owners' use of easily crackable SSH keys. "A little...

Beacon Health System notifies patients of possible data compromise (SC Magazine)
2015-05-27 17:11

Attack Uses Cross-Site Request Forgery to Compromise DNS Servers on Routers (May 25, 2015) (SANS Newsbites)
2015-05-26 21:11

FTC proposes a compromise so RadioShack can sell consumer data (ArsTechnica)
2015-05-18 19:11

11-year-old VM escape bug opens host machines to compromise (Help Net Security)
2015-05-13 15:19

CrowdStrike researchers have recently discovered a security vulnerability in the virtual floppy drive code used by many computer virtualization platforms, which could be exploited by attackers to esca...

As Uber account compromises continue, company says they weren't breached (Help Net Security)
2015-05-06 12:17

Transport service company Uber has had its fair share of problems through the years, but lately instances of hacked accounts and fraudulently booked trips seem to have increased, fueling speculations ...

Automate root cause prevention of network compromise (Help Net Security)
2015-04-24 11:15

FireMon announced at RSA Conference 2015 significant advancement of its core platform through the introduction of Security Manager 8.0, which leverages highly automated analysis and monitoring of secu...