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Continue readingThe Cyber Security Political Platform Wish List
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Continue readingCritical Flaw Exposes Mobile Devices, Networks to Attacks
A critical code execution vulnerability found by researchers in a popular ASN.1 compiler exposes mobile devices and networking equipment to remote attacks.
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Petya Ransomware Gets Encryption Upgrade
The latest updates in Petya, a piece of ransomware observed a few months ago to encrypt entire hard disks after taking over the boot sector, no longer allow for easy data recovery, researchers warn.
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Year-Old Office Vulnerabilities Most Popular in Current Attacks
Most attacks that are targeting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office to compromise victims’ systems are currently leveraging two security issues that were discovered last year, SophosLabs researchers warn.
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DoS Vulnerability Patched in BIND
Updates released on Monday by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) for BIND, the most widely used DNS software, address a medium severity vulnerability.
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Carbon Black Acquires Next-Gen AV Firm Confer
Carbon Black, a player in what is commonly referred to as the “next-generation endpoint security” market, announced on Tuesday that is has acquired antivirus firm of Confer.
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Security Product Flaws Allow Attackers to Compromise Systems
Vulnerabilities identified by researchers in more than a dozen software products, including many security solutions, can be exploited by malicious hackers to bypass exploit mitigations and compromise systems.
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Inside The Competitive Testing Battlefield of Endpoint Security
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Continue readingOld HTTPoxy Flaw Exposes Web Applications to Attacks
Researchers discovered that a vulnerability whose existence has been known for 15 years could affect many web applications, allowing malicious actors to launch man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.
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