Security News

Nine words to ruin your Monday: Emergency Internet Explorer patch amid in-the-wild attacks
2019-09-23 21:36

Update browser ASAP after Google gurus spot miscreants abusing bug to hijack PCs Microsoft today issued a rare emergency security update for Internet Explorer to address a critical flaw in the...

Microsoft Internet Explorer Zero-Day Flaw Addressed in Out-of-Band Security Update
2019-09-23 20:29

Microsoft has issued a patch for an Internet Explorer remote code execution flaw that is being actively exploited in the wild.

Researchers find 737 million medical images exposed on the internet
2019-09-19 12:45

Of the 2,300 archiving systems looked at, 590 were accessible from the internet, exposing 24 million medical records from 52 countries.

Scotiabank slammed for 'muppet-grade security' after internal source code and credentials spill onto open internet
2019-09-18 20:17

Blueprints for mobile apps, databases exposed in public GitHub repos Exclusive Scotiabank leaked online a trove of its internal source code, as well as some of its private login keys to backend...

Regulations are driving innovation toward an identity layer on the Internet
2019-09-11 06:00

The security community often points to the inherent lack of an encryption layer on the Internet as a factor behind many of the related threat vectors. The decentralized nature of the web, which...

ThousandEyes’ Internet-aware synthetic monitoring solution detects modern app performance issues
2019-09-05 03:00

ThousandEyes, the company that delivers visibility into the Internet and digital experiences, announced ThousandEyes Synthetics, an Internet-aware synthetic monitoring solution for proactive...

Researchers develop cheaper, more efficient Internet connectivity for IoT devices
2019-09-03 04:00

A cheaper and more efficient method for IoT devices to receive high-speed wireless connectivity has been developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo. With 75 billion Internet of Things...

Finally. Thanks so much, nerds. Google, Apple, Mozilla end government* internet spying for good
2019-08-21 22:28

* Terms and conditions apply. Offer not valid outside Kazakhstan. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up payments On Wednesday, Google, Apple, and Mozilla said their web browsers will...

Internet-Exposed Sphinx Servers at Risk of Attacks
2019-08-21 11:54

All Sphinx servers that are exposed to the Internet are prone to abuse by cybercriminals, as they can be accessed by anyone, CERT-Bund warns. read more

Facebook Announces 2019 Internet Defense Prize Winners
2019-08-21 04:19

Facebook has announced the 2019 winners of the Internet Defense Prize, an award offered in partnership with USENIX. Created in 2014, the award is meant to recognize and reward research that...