Security News

Spotted: Miscreants use pilfered NSA hacking tools to pwn boxes in nuke, aerospace worlds
2018-10-19 20:39

High-value servers targeted by cyber-weapons dumped online by Shadow Brokers Miscreants are using a trio of NSA hacking tools, leaked last year by the Shadow Brokers, to infect and spy on computer...

New IBM Security Platform Connects Data, Tools From Several Vendors
2018-10-15 18:37

IBM Security on Monday unveiled a new cloud-based platform that combines the company's own capabilities with data, applications and tools from more than a dozen other vendors. read more

'Five Eyes' Agencies Release Joint Report on Hacking Tools
2018-10-12 05:22

Cybersecurity agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have released a joint report describing five of the most commonly used hacking tools. read more

UK.gov teams up with Five Eyes chums to release spotters' guide for hacking tools
2018-10-11 16:58

Crouching tiger, hidden APT The UK's National Cyber Security Centre and its western intel pals have put out a report spotlighting the most commonly abused hacking utilities.…

BlackBerry's new blockchain tools could boost security for medical IoT
2018-10-04 18:39

Fresh off the announcement of its Spark platform, BlackBerry unveiled a host of tools aimed at improving data privacy in healthcare.

NSA staffer takes top-secret hacking tools home ‘to study’, gets 66 months
2018-10-03 12:34

Nghia Hoang Pho may not have had malicious intent, but removal of the materials forced the NSA to abandon years of signals collection work.

Python-based attack tools are the most common vector for launching exploit attempts
2018-10-01 09:52

Hackers have an obvious predilection for Python-based attack tools, says Imperva. “When examining the use of Python in attacks against sites we protect, the result was unsurprising – a large...

New tools from IBM and Google reveal it’s hard to build trust in AI
2018-10-01 05:15

The unseen dangers inherent in artificial intelligence (AI) are proving the importance of IBM and Google’s diverse approach to this multifaceted problem. Brad Shimmin and Luciano C. Oviedo offer...

Microsoft Adds New Tools to Azure DDoS Protection
2018-09-26 13:24

Microsoft this week announced a new set of distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation tools for Azure, which the company says will provide customers with increased visibility and support when...

Microsoft Boosts Azure Security With Array of New Tools
2018-09-25 14:44

At its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced improved security features for Azure with the addition of Microsoft Authenticator, Azure Firewall, and several other tools to the cloud...