Security News

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.

Critical Flaws in Sierra Wireless 5G Gateway Allow RCE, Command Injection
2019-04-26 16:12

The wireless gateways are used in PoS, industrial IoT and distributed enterprise settings.

Critical Unpatched Flaw Disclosed in WordPress WooCommerce Extension
2019-04-26 11:33

If you own an eCommerce website built on WordPress and powered by WooCommerce plugin, then beware of a new, unpatched vulnerability that has been made public and could allow attackers to...

NIST Tool Finds Errors in Complex Safety-Critical Software
2019-04-26 05:47

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week announced that updates to its Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software (ACTS) research toolkit should help developers...