Security News

Google Security Researcher Pops Microsoft's AV Defenses (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-27 13:02

In Response, Microsoft Has Patched Its Malware Protection EngineA Google security researcher has once again found a potentially devastating vulnerability in Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine,...

Businesses finally realize that cyber defenses must evolve (Help Net Security)
2017-06-22 18:30

Cybersecurity is finally getting the attention it deserves – it is only regrettable that this good news is the result of bad news: more numerous, complex, and damaging cyber attacks than ever...

Hardening the Workforce: Developing Cyber Defenses (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-18 13:17

Former U.S. Chief Information Security Officer Gregory Touhill says the federal government must rethink how it hardens its workforce to prevent cyber attackers from succeeding. Organizations, he...

Perception and reality: The role of AI and automated cyber defenses (Help Net Security)
2017-06-16 13:30

Executives in the U.S. and Europe now place broad trust in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems, designed to protect organizations from more dynamic pernicious cyber threats,...

U.S. Defense Contractor Exposes Sensitive Military Data (Security Week)
2017-06-01 09:22

Sensitive data belonging to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) was left exposed on the Internet by defense and intelligence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, a security firm...

Defense contractor stored intelligence data in Amazon cloud unprotected (ArsTechnica)
2017-05-31 20:00

Booz Allen Hamilton engineer posted geospatial intelligence to Amazon S3 bucket.

Google Boosts Gmail’s Defenses for Businesses (Security Week)
2017-05-31 19:57

Google today announced a series of improvements to Gmail’s security aimed at making the service better at protecting business data. read more

US Defense Contractor left Sensitive Files on Amazon Server Without Password (The Hackers News)
2017-05-31 11:20

Sensitive files linked to the United States intelligence agency were reportedly left on a public Amazon server by one of the nation's top intelligence contractor without a password, according to a...

Revised Active Defense Bill Allows Victims to Recover or Destroy Stolen Data (Threatpost)
2017-05-25 18:14

Rep. Tom Graves has revised a draft of the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act with new provisions that include mandatory notification and permission to recovery or destroy stolen data on the...