Security News

Increased dark web activity putting merchants and consumers at risk
2018-10-26 05:30

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting retailers and their customers through digital and social channels as retailers leverage new channels for increased revenue opportunities. In a joint...

Worrying Windows 10 wrecking-ball weapon weirdly wanders wildly on worldwide web
2018-10-24 20:11

Zero-day crash'n'pwn exploit for Microsoft's latest OS disclosed, no official patch available (yet) A skilled Microsoft bug hunter with a penchant for public disclosures via Twitter has openly...

Access data for 70% of top US and EU websites is being sold on dark web
2018-10-24 13:06

Top companies across the US and Europe have poor cybersecurity measures that allow hackers to gain access to their systems, according to a High-Tech Bridge report.

You like HTTPS. We like HTTPS. Except when a quirk of TLS can smash someone's web privacy
2018-10-19 07:04

Never-closed browsers and persistent session tickets make tracking a doddle Analysis Transport Layer Security underpins much of the modern internet. It is the foundation of secure connections to...

Someone's in hot water: Tea party super PAC group 'spilled 500,000+ voters' info all over web'
2018-10-17 20:44

Leaky AWS S3 bucket fingered by infosec bods Now, now, America. Don't go overboard. Again.…

35 million US voter records up for sale on the dark web
2018-10-17 13:33

He or she is selling off the databases by state. Kansas's voter database has already been sold and published, and Oregon is next up for sale.

Web browsers sharpen knives for TLS 1.0, 1.1, tell protocols to dig their own graves for 2019
2018-10-16 07:03

IE, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Chrome, all planning to deprecate lousy old versions by 2020 Sysadmins and netizens, it's time to get serious about killing off old, buggy and insecure versions of...

Web Isolation Firm Garrison Technologies Raises $30 Million
2018-10-15 13:17

London, UK-based Garrison Technologies has raised £22.9 million (approximately $30 million) in Series B funding, bringing the total raised £34.9 million (around $50 million at current exchange...

French Dark-Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in US Prison
2018-10-11 09:33

A dark web drugs kingpin who was arrested last year when he arrived in the United States to compete in the World Beard and Mustache Championships has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison. On...

HHS OIG Launches Cybersecurity Web Page
2018-10-10 19:03

A Department of Health and Human Services watchdog agency has launched a new web page to draw attention to the growing importance of its cybersecurity-related activities, ranging from security...