Security News

Safeguarding PHI in Healthcare Apps: Critical Steps
2019-05-07 18:33

When a healthcare provider develops its own applications that handle patient data, it must take critical steps to safeguard protected health information and ensure HIPAA compliance, says privacy...

Critical Flaws Found in Eight Wireless Presentation Systems
2019-05-02 21:15

Crestron, Barco wePresent, Extron ShareLink and more wireless presentation systems have an array of critical flaws.

Cisco Warns of Critical Nexus 9000 Data Center Flaw
2019-05-02 15:24

Part of a slew of patches from the networking vendor, the CVSS 9.8 bug allows remote takeover of a vulnerable device.

Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Data Center Switches
2019-05-02 13:58

Cisco has released patches for tens of vulnerabilities in its products, including a Critical flaw impacting Nexus 9000 switches. Tracked as CVE-2019-1804 and featuring a CVSS score of 9.8, the...

US Government halves deadline for applying critical patches to 15 days
2019-05-02 11:39

US federal agencies must fix their security bugs twice as quickly under new rules issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

DHS Shortens Deadline For Gov Agencies to Fix Critical Flaws
2019-05-01 19:57

A new binding directive gives U.S. agencies just 15 days - as opposed to 30 days - to remediate critical flaws on their systems.

DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Critical Flaws Within 15 Days
2019-05-01 09:03

In recent years, we have seen how hackers prey on those too lazy or ignorant to install security patches, which, if applied on time, would have prevented some devastating cyber attacks and data...

DHS Orders Agencies to Patch Critical Flaws Within 15 Days
2019-05-01 06:03

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week issued a new Binding Operational Directive (BOD) instructing federal agencies and departments to act more quickly when it comes to patching...

New ‘Sodinokibi’ Ransomware Exploits Critical Oracle WebLogic Flaw
2019-04-30 19:20

A recently-patched critical flaw in Oracle WebLogic is being actively exploited to peddle a new ransomware variant, which researchers call "Sodinokibi."

Why marketing teams are critical to successful cybersecurity efforts
2019-04-29 15:00

Marketers often focus on cybersecurity best practices after there is an incident, though experts say that needs to change to improve a company's chances of surviving a cyberattack.