Asus has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges related to the Taiwan-based hardware and electronics company’s failure to secure its routers and protect customers against cyberattacks.
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Cybercriminals View People as the Best Exploit: Report
Cybercriminals are increasingly focusing on tricking humans into becoming their unwitting accomplices in attempts to steal information and money, a new report from Proofpoint reveals.
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“Dust Storm” Attackers Target Japanese Critical Infrastructure
Commercial and critical infrastructure organizations in Japan have been targeted in a multi-year campaign dubbed by researchers “Operation Dust Storm.”
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Apple Fight on iPhone Access Extends to Other Cases
Apple is battling the US government over accessing locked devices in at least 10 cases around the country, in addition to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, court documents show.
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Wireless Mouse/Keyboard Dongles Expose Computers to Attacks
Researchers at IoT security company Bastille claim to have found a way to hack computers via a vulnerability present in many wireless mouse and keyboard dongles.
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The Need for User Segmentation in the Data Center
“I trust everyone. It’s the devil inside them I don’t trust.” – Stella, The Italian Job
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Honeywell, Palo Alto Networks Partner on Industrial Cybersecurity
Industrial giant Honeywell and network security firm Palo Alto Networks have established a partnership to offer joint solutions to help customers protect industrial control systems.
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CloudFlare Launches Security-Focused Domain Registrar
Web performance and security company CloudFlare today announced the launch of CloudFlare Registrar, a security-focused service designed for organizations that own high-value domains.
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Out-of-Band TAPs Are an NSA Nightmare
Remember that line from Alan Turing in the movie The Imitation Game? The moment he realized the significance of C-I-L-L-Y?
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VMware Products Affected by Critical glibc Flaw
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the GNU C Library (glibc) affects most Linux systems and many widely used products, including ones from VMware.
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