Twitter, GitHub and several other major websites are inaccessible for many users due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Managed DNS infrastructure of cloud-based Internet performance management company Dyn.
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R3’s Corda Blockchain Platform Goes Open-Source
Blockchain is variously described as the future of computing or a hype bubble that has already burst, depending on which author you read.
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Pentagon to Launch More Bug Bounty Programs
Following the success of the “Hack the Pentagon” program, the U.S. Department of Defense has decided to continue to test its websites and networks for cybersecurity vulnerabilities using crowdsourced experts.
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Admiral Michael Rogers to Keynote SecurityWeek’s 2016 ICS Cyber Security Conference
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Continue readingWeebly Breach Affects Over 43 Million Users
Hackers have managed to steal information associated with more than 43 million accounts belonging to customers of Weebly, a San Francisco-based web hosting service that provides a drag-and-drop website builder.
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U.S. Spy Worker Stole ‘Astonishing Quantity’ of Data: Prosecutors
US prosecutors on Thursday said they expected to file espionage charges against a private contractor for the National Security Agency suspected of stealing an "astonishing quantity" of classified information.
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“Dirty COW” Linux Kernel Flaw Exploit Seen in the Wild
A new Linux kernel vulnerability disclosed on Wednesday allows an unprivileged local attacker to escalate their privileges on a targeted system. Red Hat said it was aware of an exploit in the wild.
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“Dirty COW” Linux Kernel Exploit Seen in the Wild
A new Linux kernel vulnerability disclosed on Wednesday allows an unprivileged local attacker to escalate their privileges on a targeted system. Red Hat said it was aware of an exploit in the wild.
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Sarvdap Spambot Checks IP Blacklists
The Sarvdap spambot was recently observed checking the IP addresses of infected hosts against common blacklists, in an attempt to ensure that its spam email is successfully delivered, Palo Alto Networks security researchers reveal.
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From Chasing Alerts to Hunting Threats: What Makes an Effective SOC is Evolving
Whether you call it a SOC, a CSOC, a Cyber Defense Center, or something else, security operation centers have the same fundamental mission – to help organizations detect, analyze, respond to, report on, and prevent cyber security incidents. But what it takes to do that effectively has changed in this ever-evolving threat landscape, putting an even greater burden on analysts and the technologies they rely upon.
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