Attacks against DNS service provider Dyn resumed today after a two and a half hour lull, and could indicate a new application of an old criminal technology, experts say.
Tim Greene | 22 Oct | Read more
A Russian hacking group used spearphishing to steal the Gmail login credentials of Hillary Clinton campaign staff, and that may be how campaign emails now being released were stolen, according to Secure Works.
Tim Greene | 20 Oct | Read more
Level 3 Threat Research has noted an uptick in activity by new IoT botnets backed by Mirai malware, with some attacks enlisting 100,000 hijacked devices.
Tim Greene | 19 Oct | Read more
Now that its source code has been released you can expect more attacks from Mirai, the malware behind the largest DDoS attack on record, which was powered by hijacked IoT devices.
Tim Greene | 12 Oct | Read more
Waratek is introducing a feature to its Java-protection platform that enables upgrading to the current version of Java without having to install Java updates or touch the apps running within the Java virtual machine.
Tim Greene | 03 Oct | Read more
With Donald Trump already talking about the presidential election being rigged, Symantec has set up a simulated voting station that shows how electronic systems might be hacked to alter actual vote tallies for just a few hundred dollars.
Tim Greene | 03 Oct | Read more
Security blogger Brian Krebs says a massive DDoS attack that took down his Web site last week was likely the consequences for his outing of two Israelis who ran a DDoS-for-hire business.
Tim Greene | 27 Sep | Read more
Security vendor Imperva is shopping itself around and may be attractive to the likes of Cisco and IBM, according to Bloomberg.
Tim Greene | 24 Sep | Read more
Securing the internet of things should become a major priority now that an army of compromised devices – perhaps 1 million strong - has swamped one of the industry’s top DDoS protection services.
Tim Greene | 24 Sep | Read more
Of five major industries examined by BitSight - finance, retail, healthcare, energy/utilities, government and education – education is hit by ransomware at a much higher rate than the others.
Tim Greene | 22 Sep | Read more
Sophos is coming out with Intercept X, its new name for endpoint protection that’s based on technology acquired when it bought SurfRight last year to broaden its endpoint strategy.
Tim Greene | 15 Sep | Read more
Enterprises should expect business as usual from RSA in the wake of its being swept up by Dell this week in the largest tech deal ever, with company executives saying it will retain a good deal of autonomy to carry out its strategic plans.
Tim Greene | 09 Sep | Read more
Intel is going to spin out its subsidiary Intel Security as a joint venture with investment firm TPG, redubbing the new entity with its old name – McAfee.
Tim Greene | 08 Sep | Read more
Apple is issuing patches for three iOS zero-day vulnerabilities known as Trident that have been exploited for years by an Israel-based spyware vendor against a human rights activist, an investigative journalist and others.
Tim Greene | 26 Aug | Read more
A pair of former defense cyber security contractors is launching IDVector, a service that creates encrypted connections through an anonymizing network to shield users’ identities and locations and to protect their machines from internet-borne attacks.
Tim Greene | 25 Aug | Read more