California-based security testing company Synack today announced the launch of a new solution for government organizations and an important contract with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Kovter Trojan Fuels Spike in New Malware Variants
The Kovter Trojan family was responsible for a significant increase in new malware variants in October, a recent report from Symantec reveals.
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OPM-Impersonating Spam Emails Distribute Locky Ransomware
A newly observed spam email campaign appears to be preying on last year’s US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach incident to distribute the Locky ransomware, PhishMe researchers warn.
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APERIO Emerges From Stealth With ICS Security Product
Israel-based APERIO Systems today emerged from stealth mode with a new data forgery protection technology designed to defend industrial control systems (ICS) from internal and external cyber threats.
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Cryptsetup Flaw Exposes Linux Systems to Attacks
A vulnerability in the disk encryption utility Cryptsetup can expose some Linux systems to local and remote attacks, but the developers of the affected distributions see it as a low-risk issue.
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Britain Approves Extradition of Alleged Hacker to U.S.
London – Britain's interior minister on Monday ordered the extradition to the United States of a man accused of hacking into thousands of US government computers.
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ImageWare Launches Multi-modal Biometric Authentication for Enterprises
Today's security consensus is that password-based authentication and access is insecure, and that some form of two- or multi-factor authentication is necessary. The simplest and easiest second factor is an SMS-based soft token, and that is the route already adopted by many organizations.
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Microsoft Details Anti-Ransomware Protection in Windows 10
Microsoft’s latest desktop operating system release, which started rolling out to users in early August in the form of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, is packing improved ransomware resilience, the Redmond-based tech giant says.
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Dutchman ‘Who Almost Broke the Internet’ Escapes Jail
A Dutchman accused of launching an unprecedented 2013 cyberattack that reportedly "nearly broke the internet" escaped jail Monday even though he was sentenced to some eight months in prison as most of the term was suspended.
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Cybersecurity: A New Factor in the Electoral Process
The pivotal role of cybersecurity during the recent United States presidential election has underscored the critical need to focus on a secure electoral process.
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