Security News

One-in-two JavaScript project audits by NPM tools sniff out at least one vulnerability...
2018-08-22 19:57

...and those devs are then applying patches, we hope JavaScript library custodian NPM, after years of security scrambling, looks to be getting a grip on its code safety.…

ESET Launches New Enterprise Security Tools
2018-08-16 20:20

ESET on Thursday announced the general availability of a new line of enterprise security solutions that include endpoint detection and response (EDR), forensic investigation, threat monitoring,...

BAE Systems to develop automated cyber defense tools for DARPA
2018-08-10 20:33

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected BAE Systems to develop data-driven, cyber-hunting tools that detect and analyze cyber threats to help protect enterprise...

Researchers to release open source tools to identify Twitter bots at scale
2018-08-06 19:48

Duo Security published technical research and methodology detailing how to identify automated Twitter accounts, known as bots, at a mass scale. Using machine learning algorithms to identify bot...

New Open Source Tools Help Find Large Twitter Botnets
2018-08-06 15:52

Duo Security has created open source tools and disclosed techniques that can be useful in identifying automated Twitter accounts, which are often used for malicious purposes. read more

TSMC chip fab tools hit by virus, payment biz BGP hijacked, CCleaner gets weird – and more
2018-08-04 10:03

What else is gong on in infosec this week... Roundup This week we took a close look at Google security keys, bid adieu to Facebook's head security honcho, and had a few email credentials...

Leaked Chats Show Alleged Russian Spy Seeking Hacking Tools
2018-08-01 15:16

MOSCOW (AP) — Six years ago, a Russian-speaking cybersecurity researcher received an unsolicited email from Kate S. Milton. read more

Google Announces New Security Tools for Cloud Customers
2018-07-26 15:35

Google on Wednesday took the wraps off a broad range of tools to help cloud customers secure access to resources and better protect data and applications. read more

AVEVA Patches Critical Flaws in HMI/SCADA Tools Following Schneider Merger
2018-07-24 16:00

UK-based industrial software company AVEVA has patched two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in its InTouch and InduSoft development tools. read more

Accessible Security Tools: Solving the Skills Shortage
2018-07-24 11:11

This isn’t another article about the skills shortage. We’ve all read plenty of those, detailing the alert fatigue plaguing analysts and the number of unfilled positions the industry can expect by...