January’s Patch Tuesday marks the start of a new era
Microsoft’s January 2015 patch Tuesday marks the start of a new era. It seems that Microsoft’s trend towards openness in security has reversed and the company that …
Cyber attacks demonstrated on autonomous ground vehicles
Mission Secure Inc. (MSi), a cyber defense technology and solutions provider, and Perrone Robotics Inc. (PRI), a provider of robotic and autonomous ground vehicle solutions, …
Employees are still the biggest IT threat
Well-funded hackers with sophisticated tools made headlines and worried organizational leadership throughout 2014, yet the primary reason endpoint security risk has become …
GFI adds multi server tools to mail security in MailEssentials 2015
GFI Software released GFI MailEssentials 2015, an evolution of the email security platform that adds major enhancements including scalability and load balancing capabilities …
Unfazed by Microsoft’s criticism, Google discloses another Windows 8.1 flaw
Google apparently has no mercy for Microsoft’s developers, and is determined to stick to its 90-day deadline for fixing software flaws, as it publicly released details …
US President spells out his cybersecurity legislative agenda
In the lead-up to the annual State of the Union address scheduled for next Tuesday, US president Barack Obama is doing rounds and giving a glimpse into his legislative plan …
Protecting personal data in the consumer product industry
Eight in 10 consumers (80 percent) say they are more likely to buy from consumer products (CP) companies that they believe protect their personal information, yet only 37 …
Over 930M Android users in danger as Google stops delivering critical patches
Nearly a billion of Android users – over half of the total number of worldwide users – are in danger of being targeted by cyber attackers exploiting …
Rex Mundi hackers try, fail to blackmail Swiss bank
The Banque Cantonale de Geneve has refused to pay the ransom demanded by a group of hackers that goes under the name of Rex Mundi, and they have made good on their word and …
WhiteHat Aviator browser is not secure, says Google developer
Late last week WhiteHat Security open sourced Aviator, its Chromium-based browser that has been marketed as “the most secure browser online.” The browser offers …
Corel DLL hijacking vulnerability could allow arbitrary command execution
Corel has developed a wide range of products including graphics, photo, video and office software. When a file associated with the Corel software is opened, the directory of …
Ransomware-wielding crooks made over $217,000 in a single month
Crypto-ransomware continues to be a very effective way for cyber crooks to “earn” serious money: the method is so lucrative that with a single campaign, the crooks …
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