Security News

Infosec products of the month: September 2023
2023-10-02 02:30

Ciphertex strengthens data security with SecureNAS CX-160KSSD-X. The SecureNAS CX-160KSSD-X storage unit is powered by an Intel Xeon D processor and supports up to sixteen hot-swappable 2.5″ SSDs and two internal 2.5″ SSDs and can store up to 490TB, while improving security and endurance. Librem 11 tablet sets new standard for privacy and security with Linux-based PureOS. Purism introduced the new Librem 11 tablet running secure PureBoot and Linux kernel-based PureOS. Librem 11 is made for individuals, organizations, government agencies, law enforcement agencies, and businesses that need security and privacy with powerful portability.

Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data
2023-09-08 00:57

Vladislav Klyushin, the Russian owner of security penetration testing firm M-13, was jailed for nine years in the US on Thursday, for his involvement in a cyber-crime operation that stole top corporations' confidential financial information to make $93 million through insider trading. His alleged Russian co-conspirators, Ivan Ermakov and Nikolai Rumiantcev, remain at large.

Infosec products of the month: August 2023
2023-09-04 03:00

Synopsys Software Risk Manager simplifies application security testing. Software Risk Manager enables security and development teams to simplify, align and streamline their application security testing across projects, teams and application security testing tools.

Taiwanese infosec researchers challenge Microsoft's China espionage finding
2023-08-28 02:58

PLUS: India calls for global action on AI and crypto; Vietnam seeks cybersecurity independence; China bans AI prescribing drugs Asia In Brief Taiwan-based infosec consultancy Team T5 has disputed...

Vietnam admits it has just ten percent of the infosec pros it needs
2023-08-17 02:59

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has admitted the nation has a vast shortfall of infosec pros. Hải Anh, deputy head of Vietnam's Information Security Authority, an agency of the ministry, said data trading activities were typically conducted within closed social media groups.

Microsoft hits back at Tenable criticism of its infosec practices
2023-08-07 05:40

Microsoft has explained why it seemingly took its time to fix a flaw reported to it by infosec intelligence vendor Tenable. On July 10, Tenable again contacted Microsoft to reports its findings on what it regarded as a dangerously incomplete fix.

Infosec products of the month: July 2023
2023-08-01 02:45

Fidelis Cybersecurity released the new Fidelis Active Directory Intercept, a capability that combines network detection and response, deception technology, and Active Directory security, as part of their Fidelis Network and Deception 9.6.1 product release. Tenable Cloud Security agentless container scanning enables security teams to prioritize and prevent container OS vulnerabilities and other risks in multi-cloud environments using a single user interface.

Russia throws founder of infosec biz Group-IB in the clink for treason
2023-07-26 20:31

Sachkov faces 14-year stretch after 'unreasonably rushed trial' A Russian court has sentenced Ilya Sachkov, the founder of security research house Group-IB, to 14 years in a maximum-security...

Infosec watchers: TeamTNT crew may blast holes in Azure, Google Cloud users
2023-07-15 08:28

A criminal crew with a history of deploying malware to harvest credentials from Amazon Web Services accounts may expand its attention to organizations using Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The crooks used to target primarily AWS users, and now seem to be looking for ways into Azure and Google Cloud accounts.

Infosec products of the month: June 2023
2023-07-03 02:30

Zilla Security introduces new suite of identity security SaaS solutions. Zilla Security announced Zilla Secure and Segregation of Duties, two SaaS solutions that enable enterprise-wide identity security for cloud-based applications and infrastructure, SaaS, and legacy applications.