Security News

HITB Security Conference in Amsterdam to feature innovative research on attack and defense topics
2018-01-18 18:02

The agenda for Day 1 of the 9th annual HITB Security Conference in The Netherlands has been announced and it’s packed with cutting edge research on a range of attack and defense topics from crypto...

India to Create Cyber Defense Agency
2017-11-13 13:48

New Unit Would Focus On Critical Infrastructures Especially Government and Defense NetworksIndia is expected to announce in the coming months the formation of a cyber defense agency that would...

Former Yahoo CEO: Stronger Defense Couldn't Stop Breaches
2017-11-08 23:33

Marissa Mayer Testifies on the Challenges of Halting State-Backed Persistent AttacksThe former CEO of Yahoo, which has had 3 billion records exposed in a 2013 data breach, testified at a Senate...

Windows 10 Exploit Guard Boosts Endpoint Defenses
2017-11-01 17:24

Courtesy of the Windows Defender Exploit Guard that ships with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, systems running Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system can fend off emerging threats, Microsoft...

Chris Eng: An infosec journey from offense to defense
2017-10-30 16:00

“Come to my lab, I promise you’ll learn something cool,” a friend told Chris Eng. Within a couple of hours, he had walked him through writing an exploit for an obscure Linux bug, and Eng was...

Moving Target Defense Startup Cryptonite Emerges From Stealth
2017-10-26 13:16

Cryptonite, a Rockville, Maryland-based startup that aims to prevent reconnaissance and lateral movement in the network using moving target defense and micro-segmentation technologies, has emerged...

Proactive Defense Against Phishing
2017-10-23 15:33

When it comes to warding off phishing attacks, too many organizations are reliant on internal awareness campaigns. But a more proactive defense and controls are needed, says John "Lex" Robinson of PhishMe.

Defense contractors, manufacturers targeted with malware-as-a-service infostealer
2017-10-10 16:56

Information stealing FormBook malware is being lobbed at defense contractors, manufacturers and firms in the aerospace sector in the US and South Korea. Delivery methods The malware is delivered...

FormBook Malware Targets US Defense Contractors, Aerospace and Manufacturing Sectors
2017-10-09 15:00

FormBook info-stealing malware has been part of two recent distribution campaigns and is being sold on the Dark Web for as little as $29 a week.

New Rowhammer Attack Bypasses Existing Defenses
2017-10-06 11:46

A group of security researchers has discovered a new type of attack that can exploit the Rowhammer vulnerability in DRAM chips that was uncovered several years ago, effectively bypassing existing...