Security News

The US Is Unprepared for Election-Related Hacking in 2018
2018-05-08 14:07

This survey and report is not surprising: The survey of nearly forty Republican and Democratic campaign operatives, administered through November and December 2017, revealed that American...

Equifax: US Breach Victim Tally Stands at 146.6 Million
2018-05-08 12:03

Unpatched Struts Implementations Remain Widespread, Researcher WarnsEquifax says it continues to field queries from U.S. lawmakers about the full extent of its massive 2017 data breach, which...

Friday Squid Blogging: US Army Developing 3D-Printable Battlefield Robot Squid
2018-05-04 21:18

The next major war will be super weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

Time is running out, yet many US companies are not GDPR-ready
2018-05-02 11:45

A significant percentage of US companies are uncertain about or unprepared for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that takes effect later this month, according to a new...

EU, US Police Cripple Islamic State Media Mouthpieces
2018-04-30 11:07

European and US police forces have struck at the heart of Islamic State's propaganda machine, seizing servers and "punching a hole" in its ability to spread its radical jihadist message online. read more

UK Teen Sentenced For 'Cyber Terrorizing' US Officials
2018-04-23 12:18

Kane Gamble Receives Two-Year Sentence For Targeting CIA, FBI, DHS OfficialsBritish teenager Kane Gamble has been sentenced to serve two years in a youth detection center after he admitted to...

'Orangeworm' Cyberspies Target Healthcare Sector in US, Europe, Asia
2018-04-23 08:27

A threat group tracked by Symantec as Orangeworm has been targeting healthcare organizations in the United States, Europe and Asia, but the attacks do not appear to be the work of a nation state. read more

US-CERT issues alert for Russian attacks targeting IoT devices
2018-04-19 10:25

Attorney and former CIA case officer Jack Rice explains how foreign actors could attack critical infrastructure, and how US intelligence agencies deploy a proportional response to cyber attacks.

Flash! Ah-ahhh! WebEx pwned for all of us!
2018-04-19 00:12

Cisco issues critical patch to stop in-meeting attacks Cisco has patched a serious vulnerability in its WebEx software that lets an attacker remotely execute code on target machines via poisoned...

DHS Secretary: US Won't Tolerate Cyber Meddling
2018-04-18 12:33

Department of Homeland Security Soon Will Unveil New Cybersecurity StrategyDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen warns that the U.S. will more aggressively move to punish...