Security News

Commentary on US Election Security (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-05 11:58

Good commentaries from Ed Felten and Matt Blaze. Both make a point that I have also been saying: hacks can undermine the legitimacy of an election, even if there is no actual voter or vote...

Russia Threatens Retaliation If US Bans Kaspersky Lab (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-04 17:33

Cybersecurity Firm's CEO Offers Source Code Review to US GovernmentA senior Russian government official warned that Moscow will retaliate if the Senate moves to ban the use of Kaspersky Lab...

Sizing Up NotPetya's Impact in US Healthcare Sector (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-30 20:18

Who Are the Victims? And Why Aren't There More?Like in the recent WannaCry attacks, the U.S. healthcare sector has so far mostly avoided becoming a victim of NotPetya, the malware menacing many...

Email scammers swindle US Supreme Court judge out of $1 milion (Help Net Security)
2017-06-21 20:13

If often happens to less prominent individuals, but this time it happened to a US Supreme Court judge: scammers have managed trick her into wiring the money meant for buying an apartment to a bank...

Largest US voter data leak shines light on many problems (Help Net Security)
2017-06-21 18:44

If US citizens weren’t convinced by now that they have long lost control of their data, the fact is more than obvious after a misconfigured database containing 198 million US voters was found...

198 Million US Voter Records Left Online For Two Weeks (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-20 12:03

Some of the Information May Have Never Been Previously Released PubliclyA data analytics firm aligned with the Republican Party says it accepts "full responsibility" after it exposed online a list...

Sensitive data on 198 million US voters exposed online (Help Net Security)
2017-06-19 22:10

For at least two whole weeks, a database containing information on 198 million potential US voters – more than half of the American population – lay exposed on the internet, accessible to anyone...

US restaurants targeted with fileless malware (Help Net Security)
2017-06-15 21:22

Morphisec researchers have spotted another attack campaign using fileless malware that is believed to be mounted by the infamous FIN7 hacking group. The goal of the campaign is to gain control of...

US Government Warns of North Korean Hacking (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-15 13:03

Technical Alert Highlights Signs of Compromise Across SectorsThe U.S. government on Wednesday issued its most direct and technically detailed advisory about North Korea's hacking activity to date,...

DHS, FBI Warn of North Korea ‘Hidden Cobra’ Strikes Against US Assets (Threatpost)
2017-06-14 17:17

DHS and the FBI warned that North Korean attackers are targeting U.S. businesses with malware- and botnet-related attacks that are part of concerted effort dubbed "Hidden Cobra."