With iOS 10.3, iDevices get new Apple File System with native encryption support
On Monday, Apple released updates for its various products. As usual, they fix flaws and add capabilities, but the iOS update (v10.3) is more noteworthy than usual, as it will …
Website Performance Bootcamp: Quiz-based training course
The Website Performance Bootcamp is an online portal that provides quiz-based technical training in the field of website acceleration and content optimization. Whether …
LastPass is working on fixing latest code execution bug
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for LastPass developers, as they’ve scrambled to fix a couple of serious flaws in the popular password manager’s …
Scareware scammers target iOS users
A bug in the way that Mobile Safari handles pop-up dialogs has been abused to scare iOS users into paying a “fine” in the form of an iTunes pre-paid card. The iOS …
1.37 billion data records compromised globally in 2016
Gemalto’s Breach Level Index revealed that 1,792 data breaches led to 1.37 billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase of 86% compared to …
Researchers to present new software and hardware vulnerabilities at HITB Amsterdam
Users assume the underlying hardware and software system, mobile antivirus, password managers and encryption technology will protect them from malicious attacks on their …
Understanding Europe’s insider threats
35% of employees across the UK, France, Germany and Italy admit to have been involved in a security breach, presenting regional CISOs with a significant challenge when it …
IT pros spend too much time handling emergencies
A 1E survey of 1,014 IT professionals, who together manage more than 21 million endpoints globally, centered on unplanned activities – how often they occur, what types are …
Cyber criminals targeting healthcare orgs’ FTP servers
FBI’s Cyber Division has sent out another notification to healthcare organizations, alerting them to the danger of cyber criminals using their FTP servers for various …
Docs.com’s “public by default” setting to blame for users publishing sensitive info?
The search option on Docs.com, Microsoft’s publishing and file sharing service, has been temporarily disabled as it could be used to trawl published documents for …
Medical washer-disinfector appliance’s web server open to attack
Here’s a string of words that you probably never thought you’ll hear: An Internet-connected washer-disinfector appliance by German manufacturer Miele sports a …
Like it or not, “cyber” is a shorthand for all things infosec
We have lost the cyber war. No, not that cyber war. Maybe war of words is a better way to put it. Whether we like it or not, cyber has become the default way for everyone else …