A Chinese national pleaded guilty Wednesday on charges stemming from the hacking of trade secrets from US defense contractors, including plans for transport and fighter jets, officials said.
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Is DROWN a ‘Hello Kitty’ SSL Vulnerability?
Should you panic about the recently disclosed DROWN SSL vulnerability? Is it cute and kid-friendly, or is it a monster vulnerability coming to expose your most sensitive data?
The DROWN announcement was done the right way:
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Sophisticated USB Trojan Spotted in the Wild
Researchers at ESET have discovered a sophisticated data-stealing USB Trojan that leaves no trace on the compromised system and includes a self-protection mechanism that makes it difficult to detect, copy and analyze.
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Is Your Security Team Treating Symptoms Rather Than Problems?
Unlike the Common Cold, Security Professionals Have the Ability to Treat the Root Case of Problems
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Attackers Target Indian Military in Data-Theft Campaign
A group of attackers believed to be from Pakistan has been targeting Indian military personnel in a data theft campaign involving social engineering and unsophisticated malware.
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Banking Trojan Infections Plummeted 73% in 2015
Financial Trojan detections have registered a 73 percent drop in 2015 when compared to the previous year, a new report from Symantec reveals.
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Microsoft Blocks Risky Macros in Office 2016
In an effort to counter the use of malicious macros to deliver malware, Microsoft has packed a new macro blocking feature into Office 2016.
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Bangladesh’s ‘Missing’ IT Expert Found
A Bangladeshi cyber-security expert reported missing after he criticized the central bank over an $81 million heist has reappeared, police said Wednesday.
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Google Adds Certificate Transparency Log for Untrusted CAs
Google announced this week the introduction of a new Certificate Transparency (CT) log for certificate authorities (CAs) that have been removed from trusted root certificate programs and ones that are in the process of being included.
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Microsoft, Samba Preparing Patch for Severe “Badlock” Flaw
Microsoft and Samba developers are working on patching a severe vulnerability that is said to affect almost every version of Windows and Samba.
Samba is an open-source interoperability software suite that provides file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. In addition to Windows, Samba also runs on UNIX, Linux, IBM System 390, OpenVMS and other operating systems.
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