Security News

Quantum Dawn War Games Test Cyber Resiliency in Finance Sector
2017-11-10 14:02

Quantum Dawn IV, a large-scale exercise  to test the cyber resiliency of the U.S. finance sector, was held on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The excercise had more than 900 participants from...

Blood Test Results Exposed in Cloud Repository
2017-10-16 21:18

What Other Entities Should Do to Prevent Similar MishapsAn apparently misconfigured Amazon repository that exposed on the web medical data for approximately 150,000 patients serves as another...

EU Defense Ministers Put to Test in Mock Cyberattack (Security Week)
2017-09-08 12:58

A major cyberattack targets European Union military structures, with hackers using social media and "fake news" to spread confusion, and governments are left scrambling to respond as the crisis...

Fuzzing Tests Show ICS Protocols Least Mature (Security Week)
2017-08-09 10:11

Fuzzing tests conducted last year by customers of Synopsys, a company that provides tools and services for designing chips and electronic systems, revealed that protocols used in industrial...

Independent labs will test the security of medical devices (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 13:48

The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium (MDISS) launched the first of more than a dozen planned specialized labs for security testing medical devices. Who MDISS is a...

Less Malware, Better Quality: AV-TEST (Security Week)
2017-07-05 15:53

While the number of malware samples spotted in 2016 decreased compared to the previous year, threats have been more sophisticated, according to the latest security report from antivirus research...

Google CTF 2017 announced: Test your skills! (Help Net Security)
2017-06-05 17:44

Google has announced the 2017 edition of its Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. As before, the event is divided into two rounds: The qualification round, to be held online on June 17th and 18th,...