Security News

Russian Hacking Tools Codenamed WhiteBear Released (Schneier on Security)
2017-09-01 11:39

Kaspersky Labs released a highly sophisticated set of hacking tools from Russia called WhiteBear. From February to September 2016, WhiteBear activity was narrowly focused on embassies and consular...

Authentication Tools to Secure a Cashless Economy (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-01 09:48

A report on advances in authentication to secure a cashless economy leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, we analyze the record-shattering Anthem data breach settlement.

Turla APT Used WhiteBear Espionage Tools Against Defense Industry, Embassies (Threatpost)
2017-08-30 19:18

The Turla APT's WhiteBear toolset was used to attack defense organizations as recently as June, and diplomatic targets in Europe, Asia and South America during most of 2016.

Backdoors Found in Tools Used by Hundreds of Organizations (Security Week)
2017-08-16 07:28

Many organizations around the world using connectivity tools from NetSarang are at risk after researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that malicious actors had planted a backdoor in several of the...

Cyberspies Are Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools to Spy On Hotels Guests (The Hackers News)
2017-08-11 08:54

An infamous Russian-linked cyber-espionage group has been found re-using the same leaked NSA hacking tool that was deployed in the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks—this time to target Wi-Fi...

Disjointed Tools Challenge Security Operations: Survey (Security Week)
2017-08-10 16:35

Insufficient staffing levels and quality, together with poor orchestration between too many security point products mean that complete breach intolerance is an aspiration not currently achieved by...

China's Web Users Fear Losing Tools to Bypass 'Great Firewall' (Security Week)
2017-08-07 19:02

Enterprising internet users in China fear the tools they use to tunnel through the country's "Great Firewall" may soon disappear, as Beijing tightens its grip on the web. read more

WikiLeaks Details Mac OS X Hacking Tools Used by CIA (Security Week)
2017-07-28 12:13

The latest round of documents published by WikiLeaks as part of a leak dubbed by the organization “Vault 7” describes several tools allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to...

Zero-Day Vulnerabilities against Windows in the NSA Tools Released by the Shadow Brokers (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-28 11:16

In April, the Shadow Brokers -- presumably Russia -- released a batch of Windows exploits from what is presumably the NSA. Included in that release were eight different Windows vulnerabilities....

3 New CIA-developed Hacking Tools For MacOS & Linux Exposed (The Hackers News)
2017-07-27 09:19

WikiLeaks has just published a new set of classified documents linked to another CIA project, dubbed 'Imperial,' which reveals details of at least three CIA-developed hacking tools and implants...