New infosec products of the week: June 30, 2017
Protection against the impacts of malware, ransomware and DNS data exfiltration Akamai introduced Enterprise Threat Protector, a solution designed specifically to address the …
NotPetya attacker can’t provide decryption keys, researchers warn
While defenders and security researchers are sifting artefacts that could help prevent new NotPetya ransomware attacks and perhaps point to the identity of the attacker, the …
Azure AD Connect vulnerability allows attackers to reset admin passwords
A vulnerability in Azure AD Connect could be exploited by attackers to reset passwords and gain unauthorized access to on-premises AD privileged user accounts, Microsoft …
DHS to enforce extra security checks instead of airplane carry-on laptop ban
Travelers from all over the world who plan to fly into the US will be subjected to more rigorous security checks before being allowed to board the plane, the Department of …
Top cloud challenges: Security, compliance, and cost control
A new Fugue survey, fielded to over 300 IT operations professionals, executives, and developers, found that most respondents believe that the cloud is not living up to …
Open Security Controller: Security service orchestration for multi-cloud environments
The Linux Foundation launched the Open Security Controller project, an open source project focused on centralizing security services orchestration for multi-cloud …
Illegal Bitcoin exchange operator gets 66-month prison sentence
Anthony Murgio, the operator of the Coin.mx Bitcoin exchange, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison for processing over $10 million in illegal Bitcoin transactions. He has …
Making HTTPS phishing sites easier to spot
For years, we taught users that a website’s URL that includes https at its very beginning is a relatively good indicator of whether they can safely input sensitive …
NotPetya outbreak: What we know so far
Tuesday’s ransomware outbreak hit many businesses and government entities around the world, but by far the most numerous victims are located in Ukraine. The infection …
Organizations award hackers up to $900,000 a year in bug bounties
A new HackerOne report examines over 800 hacker-powered programs from organizations including Airbnb, GitHub, General Motors, Intel, Lufthansa, Nintendo, U.S. Department of …
Criminalization of DNS for phishing continues to advance
Cybercriminals have been shifting their tactics markedly, by registering more and more domain names, rather using web servers and domains they have hacked into. These …
Explosive global attack delivers destructive Petya ransomware
Less than two months after the disastrous, global WannaCry infestation, a variant of the Petya ransomware dubbed PetrWrap has started hitting companies in Ukraine, Russia and …
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