Security News

Equifax Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Breach
2017-10-03 08:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" led to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...

Ex-CEO Blames 'Human Error, Tech Failures' for Equifax Breach
2017-10-02 17:33

Richard Smith Offers Explanation in Written Testimony Submitted to Congress"Human error and technology failures" lead to the massive Equifax breach, the company's former CEO, Richard Smith says in...

Trojanized Avast CCleaner Attack Targeted Major Tech Firms
2017-09-22 12:33

Supply Chain Attack May Have Backdoored Hundreds of High-Profile TargetsAn attack campaign involving a trojanized version of the CCleaner Windows utility, built and distributed by British...

CCleaner Malware Infects Big Tech Companies With Second Backdoor
2017-09-21 01:31

The group of unknown hackers who hijacked CCleaner's download server to distribute a malicious version of the popular system optimization software targeted at least 20 major international...

Breach at Used Tech Goods Seller CeX Exposes Two Million Customers (Security Week)
2017-08-30 13:09

CeX, a second-hand technology goods chain, is notifying up to 2 million of its online customers that their personal details may have been compromised. read more

Tech firms band together to take down Android DDoS botnet (Help Net Security)
2017-08-29 16:59

An ad-hoc alliance of tech firms has managed to seriously cripple an Android-based botnet that was being actively used to DDoS multiple content providers. The botnet, dubbed WireX by the...

Tech Firms Unite to Neutralize WireX Android Botnet (Security Week)
2017-08-28 17:24

Major New WireX Android Botnet Neutralized by Cross-Vendor Collaborative Research read more

Tech Leaders Warn Against "Pandora's Box" of Robotic Weapons (Security Week)
2017-08-21 14:23

Elon Musk is leading demands for a global ban on killer robots, warning technological advances could revolutionise warfare and create new "weapons of terror" that target innocent people. read more

Fighting Ransomware: Is More Tech the Answer? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-10 18:33

Symantec's Robert Arandjelovic on Effective StrategiesFor many organizations, fighting the growing threat of ransomware doesn't necessarily have to mean investing in new technologies, says Robert...

Tech Support Scammers Cast a Wider Net (Threatpost)
2017-08-07 17:32

Microsoft is warning of a wave of phishing campaigns pushing tech support scams via malicious links to phony Amazon, Alibaba and LinkedIn web pages.