Security News

US senators green-light recruitment of crack infosec teams, both public and private
2019-09-26 01:14

Cyber-terrorists, your game is through, 'cause now you have to answer to: America, fsck yeah! The US Congress has, near enough, approved a law bill to create a new set of dedicated cyber-security...

WannaCry is still the smallpox of infosec. But the latest strain (sort of) immunises its victims
2019-09-19 10:03

Whatever you do, don't pay the ransom Analysis WannaCry – the file-scrambling ransomware that infamously locked up Britain's NHS and a bunch of other organisations worldwide in May 2017 – is still...

New infosec products of the week: September 13, 2019
2019-09-13 05:30

Awake Security enhances its platform with the ability to identify attackers based on their intent Awake Security introduced Adversarial Modeling, an industry-first capability that gives security...

From pen-test to penitentiary: Infosec duo cuffed after physically breaking into courthouse during IT security assessment
2019-09-13 01:12

Blokes left in legal limbo amid electronic records audit Two men hired to assess a court record system's computer security were arrested Wednesday – after they were caught physically sneaking into...

Infosec prophet Bruce Schneier (peace be upon him) is only as famous as half of Salt-N-Pepa
2019-09-11 16:07

Totally sane John McAfee up there with Walder Frey, says infosec celeb list Despite billing himself as "the world's most famous hacker", Kevin Mitnick isn't the infosec personality your grandma is...

New infosec products of the week: September 6, 2019
2019-09-06 05:15

Trustwave launches Trustwave Fusion, a new cloud-based cybersecurity platform The Trustwave Fusion platform connects the digital footprints of enterprises and government agencies to a robust...

New infosec products of the week: August 23, 2019
2019-08-23 04:00

YubiKey 5Ci: First security key designed with both USB-C and Lightning connectors This unique dual-connector functionality makes the YubiKey 5Ci the perfect solution for consumers or enterprises...

New infosec products of the week: August 16, 2019
2019-08-16 05:30

BitSight Enterprise Analytics enables more effective risk management BitSight Enterprise Analytics helps security and risk leaders gain insight into the impact of risk introduced at the...

HITRUST is pioneering a new approach to infosec control maturity scoring
2019-08-12 01:30

HITRUST, a leading data protection standards development and certification organization, announced a new initiative to incentivize information security teams working towards better information...

Coinbase infosec spotted phishy process spawned by Firefox
2019-08-09 23:56

Elaborate zero-day browser break-out betrayed by unusual behavior Coinbase chief information security officer Philip Martin this week published an incident report covering the recent attack on the...