Security News

Exploits spreading WannaCry ransomware have surfaced after the discovery of a killswitch put a quick halt to the initial global outbreak.

Matthew Hickey, founder of HackerHouse and @hackerfantastic on Twitter, talks to Mike Mimoso about Friday’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak.

Microsoft has taken the extraordinary step of providing an emergency update for unsupported Windows XP and Windows 8 machines in the wake of Friday’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak.

A new malware family called Jaff has been identified by researchers who say they are currently tracking multiple and massive spam campaigns distributing the malware via the Necurs botnet.

Attackers behind today’s WannaCry ransomware outbreak in Europe are spreading the malware using the EternalBlue exploit leaked by the ShadowBrokers.

The news of the week is discussed, including this week's Microsoft Malware Protection Engine bug, Handbrake OS X malware, the HP keylogger, Trump's Cybersecurity EO, and more.

Researchers take a deep dive analysis on a recently discovered database of more than 500 million username and password pairs.

President Trump signed the cybersecurity executive order that mandates federal agencies implement the NIST Framework for risk management.

Vanilla Forums software suffers from vulnerabilities that could let an attacker gain access to user accounts, carry out web-cache poisoning attacks, and in some instances, execute arbitrary code.

Microsoft gets a lukewarm response with its new Microsoft Security Guides that replaced Security Bulletins.