Security News

Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw in Email Security Appliances (Threatpost)
2016-09-29 16:21

Cisco released a patch for a critical flaw that allowed a remote attacker to gain control of one of its email security appliances.

Vendetta Brothers Cyber Crooks Adopt Real World Tactics (Threatpost)
2016-09-29 13:10

The Vendetta Brothers have mastered the real-world art of organized crime - outsourcing, partnerships, diversification and insulating liability.

Microsoft Unveils Cloud-Based Fuzz-Testing Service (Threatpost)
2016-09-28 21:08

Microsoft announced a cloud-based fuzz testing service called Project Springfield that identifies software bugs in applications that could turn into vulnerabilities.

ISC Patches Critical Error Condition in BIND (Threatpost)
2016-09-28 20:29

The Internet Systems Consortium patched the BIND domain name system this week, addressing what it calls a critical error condition in the software.

Congressional Leaders Demand Answers on Yahoo Breach (Threatpost)
2016-09-28 17:18

A number of Democratic Congressional leaders wrote Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer a letter seeking answers about the breach of 500 million customer records.

Microsoft Edge Adds App Guard Browser Security (Threatpost)
2016-09-28 15:43

Microsoft is bringing virtualization to its Edge browser with a security tool called Windows Defender Application Guard. The technology, announced this week at Microsoft’s 2016 Ignite conference...

Germany Orders Facebook to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users (Threatpost)
2016-09-28 14:42

A German privacy regulator issued an order this week prohibiting Facebook to stop collecting user data on German WhatsApp users.

Mozilla Wants to Drop WoSign as Trusted CA (Threatpost)
2016-09-27 18:51

Mozilla has proposed banning new SHA-1 certificates from Chinese Certificate Authority WoSign for one year after it accused the CA of back-dating the deprecated certs.

Signal Adds iPhone Access to Desktop App (Threatpost)
2016-09-27 16:37

iPhone users can now use Signal’s secure messaging app between their iOS device and their Mac OS or Windows desktops.

Facebook Debuts Open Source Detection Tool for Windows (Threatpost)
2016-09-27 16:24

Facebook finished porting its SQL-powered detection tool, osquery, to Windows this week.