Cybersecurity News
Browsers to Enforce Shorter Certificate Life Spans: What Businesses Should Know
Apple, Google, and Mozilla will shorten the life span for TLS certificates in a move poised to aid security but cause operational troubles.30 July 2020
Dark Web Travel Fraudsters Left Hurting From Lockdowns
Shadow travel businesses that depend on loyalty program fraud have been impacted just like the legitimate travel orgs they prey on.30 July 2020
Zoom Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers To Crack Meeting Passcodes
Zoom has fixed the issue, which stemmed from a lack of checks against incorrect passcode attempts.
30 July 2020
Mimecast Buys MessageControl
The email security provider brings into its fold social engineering and human identity capabilities.30 July 2020
Ill-Defined Career Paths Hamper Growth for IT Security Pros
Appsec and cloud security skills are the most in demand, and a shortage of staff is wearing on security teams, a new study shows.30 July 2020
EU sanctions China, Russia, and North Korea for past hacks
The EU has imposed today its first-ever economical sanctions following cyber-attacks from foreign adversaries.30 July 2020
Poll: Endpoint Extravaganza
What shape do you expect remote endpoints to be in when they start winging their way back to the office?30 July 2020
5 Tips for Optimizing Your Company's Cyber-Crisis Preparedness
Cyber-incident response often addresses short-term needs, but we need to broaden the view of crisis management to be more forward-thinking.30 July 2020
Google Adds Security Updates to Chrome Autofill
Chrome users can retrieve payment card numbers via biometric authentication and use a new "touch-to-fill: feature to log in to accounts.30 July 2020
Doki Backdoor Infiltrates Docker Servers in the Cloud
The malware is a new payload that uses Dogecoin wallets for its C2, and spreads via the Ngrok botnet.
30 July 2020
Citizens Are Increasingly Worried About How Companies Use Their Data
With data privacy important to almost every American, more than two-thirds of those surveyed say they don't trust companies to ethically sell their data.30 July 2020
Black Hat Virtually: An Important Time to Come Together as a Community
The significance of this year's event hasn't changed a whit. It's an opportunity to share what we've learned, and plan how to protect each other and the public for the remainder of the pandemic and beyond.30 July 2020
10 billion records exposed in unsecured databases, study says
The databases contain personal information that could be used for phishing attacks and identity theft schemes
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30 July 2020
Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank
Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe. But a recent series of malware attacks on U.S.-based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards.30 July 2020
Multiple Tor security issues disclosed, more to come
A security researcher has published details about two Tor security issues and promises to release three more.30 July 2020
Two Tor zero-days disclosed, more to come
A security researcher has published details about two Tor zero-days and promises to release three more.30 July 2020
Critical, High-Severity Cisco Flaws Fixed in Data Center Network Manager
The flaw could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication on vulnerable devices.
30 July 2020
Using the Attack Cycle to Up Your Security Game
Like the universe, the attack surface is always expanding. Here's how to keep up and even get ahead.
30 July 2020
Vermont Taxpayers Warned of Data Leak Over the Past Three Years
A vulnerability in the state’s system may have exposed personal data that can be used for credential theft for those who filed Property Transfer Tax returns online.
30 July 2020
US prosecutors seek years in prison for Uber self-driving exec who stole Google trade secrets
Anthony Levandowski pleaded guilty and has recently filed for bankruptcy.30 July 2020