Security News

The DEF CON hackers' report on US voting machine security is just as grim as feared
2018-09-28 01:04

Good thing Congress has been so forceful in improving security Hackers probing America's electronic voting systems have painted an astonishing picture of the state of US election security, less...

Report Reveals Widespread Use of Pegasus Spyware
2018-09-20 05:36

As part of a 2-year investigation into NSO Group’s sophisticated Pegasus spyware, Citizen Lab has identified 45 countries where operators might be leveraging the malware to conduct surveillance...

Patching Not Enough; Organizations Must Adopt Zero-Trust Practices: Report
2018-09-19 16:29

Hackers Can Gain Network Access Via Social Engineering and Wait for New Zero-Day Exploits to Elevate Their Privilege read more

NSA Leak Fuels Rise in Hacking for Crypto Mining: Report
2018-09-19 15:40

Illicit cryptocurrency mining has been surging over the past year, in part due to a leaked software tool from the US National Security Agency, researchers said Wednesday. read more

Report: Kansas Plans to Spend $4.6M on Election Security
2018-09-14 02:11

Kansas plans to spend more than $4.6 million on election security grants over the next five years as it aims to tighten cyber security, modernize voting equipment, audit election results and...

Attackers Made 9,000 Unauthorized Database Queries in Equifax Hack: Report
2018-09-10 11:43

It took Equifax 76 days to detect the massive 2017 data breach, despite the fact that attackers had conducted roughly 9,000 unauthorized queries on its databases, according to a new report from...

Data breach reports to Information Commissioner increase by 75%
2018-09-04 11:15

The number of reports of data security incidents received by the Information Commissioner (ICO) has increased by 75 per cent over the past two years, according to new analysis by Kroll. The...

North Korea-linked Hackers Stole $13.5 Million From Cosmos Bank: Report
2018-08-27 16:09

The North Korea-linked hacking group Lazarus is said to have stolen $13.5 million in a recent cyber-attack targeting SWIFT/ATM infrastructure of Cosmos Bank. read more

"Evil Internet Minute" Report Shows Scale of Malicious Online Activity
2018-08-27 15:04

Every day, cyber threat intelligence firm RiskIQ hoovers up terabytes of internet data. It concentrates on the internet infrastructure and how it functions, gathering up domains, IP addresses,...

Report: IT is 'keeping the lights on,' but CIOs must be freed up to innovate
2018-08-24 15:06

Companies across the US, Europe, and Middle East struggle with prioritizing creative projects over everyday tasks, according to research from IDG.