Security News

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.

High-Tech Bridge appears in three Gartner Hype Cycles 2017 (Help Net Security)
2017-08-02 21:30

High-Tech Bridge has been identified as a Sample Vendor in the July 2017 Gartner reports “Hype Cycle for Application Services, 2017”, “Hype Cycle for Cloud Security, 2017” and “Hype Cycle for...

Tech Giants Announce Plans for Removal of Flash (Security Week)
2017-07-26 09:53

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have outlined their plans for moving away from Flash Player now that Adobe officially announced an end-of-life (EOL) and end-of-support date for the...

Tech Firms Target Domains Used by Russia-linked Threat Group (Security Week)
2017-07-25 11:45

Tech companies ThreatConnect and Microsoft are moving toward exposing and taking down domains associated with Russia-linked threat group known as Fancy Bear. read more

IT operators see promise in DevOps and new tech (Help Net Security)
2017-07-24 12:00

A new Ponemon Institute survey of nearly 1,250 global public sector IT decision makers and managers revealed that public sector organizations undergoing digital transformation are losing...

FBI Blames Iranian Hackers For Stealing US Missile Tech (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-20 10:48

Export-Restricted Software Helps Develop Rockets, Missiles and Other WeaponsTwo Iranian nationals remain at large after being charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with hacking into a...