Security News

Ransomware Outlook: 542 Crypto-Lockers and Counting
2018-01-25 14:03

Crypto-Lockers Remain Serious Threat Despite Recent Attack Volume DeclineAfter spiking in 2017, the volume of attacks involving ransomware has since declined, but the malware still remains a...

A Venture Capitalist's 2018 Outlook
2018-01-17 16:18

As a longtime investor in companies offering cybersecurity solutions, Alberto Yépez of Trident Capital Cybersecurity is most concerned by a lack of investment in one key area; replacing aged...

HIPAA Enforcement: The 2018 Outlook
2017-12-28 18:48

Why Making a Prediction Is So DifficultSo what actions can we expect in 2018 from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights as it enforces the HIPAA privacy, security...

Bug Caused Microsoft Outlook to Send Emails in Cleartext
2017-10-12 17:06

A vulnerability that that was recently addressed by Microsoft as part of the October 2017 Patch Tuesday could result in Outlook sending emails in cleartext when S/MIME encryption was supposed to...

Buggy Microsoft Outlook Sending Encrypted S/MIME Emails With Plaintext Copy For Months
2017-10-12 01:58

Beware, If you are using S/MIME protocol over Microsoft Outlook to encrypt your email communication, you need to watch out. From at least last 6 months, your messages were being sent in both...

TrickBot Targets Outlook, Browser Data (Security Week)
2017-08-02 14:27

Soon after being found to have worm-like spreading capabilities, the TrickBot banking Trojan has expanded its attack surface to target Outlook and Web browsing data. read more

Microsoft Patches Several Outlook Vulnerabilities (Security Week)
2017-08-01 10:42

Microsoft has released patches for several important vulnerabilities affecting Outlook, the professional email and calendar application included in the Office suite. read more

Microsoft Releases Outlook and Office Click-to-Run Patches (Threatpost)
2017-07-31 17:00

Microsoft patched three new Outlook vulnerabilities and re-released updates from a broken June update.