Mocana offers an alternative to OpenSSL on Apache web servers
At the Black Hat USA 2014 conference, Mocana debuted its enterprise-grade NorthStar secure connectivity solution for Apache web servers, a highly secure, drop-in replacement …
Unified solution for dynamic mitigation of cyberattacks
At Black Hat USA 2014, ForeScout Technologies, provider of pervasive network security solutions for Global 2000 enterprises and government organizations, and ThreatStream, a …
Five steps to take to protect your passwords
A report issued this week claimed that a Russian cybercrime group stole 1.2 billion usernames and passwords from 420,000 websites. While some security experts question the …
Gemalto to acquire SafeNet
Gemalto has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of SafeNet, a worldwide leader in data protection and software monetization, from Vector Capital …
Yahoo will offer end-to-end mail encryption by 2015
Since the beginning of this year, Yahoo has had several good news for its customers: Yahoo Mail got HTTPS on by default, and the company began encrypting all the traffic …
Critical bug in WordPress plugin allows site hijacking
A popular WordPress plugin that allows site owners to easily customize the contact form has a critical vulnerability that can be exploited to download and remotely modify the …
Oracle introduces vault for encryption keys, wallet files
Encryption is widely recognized as the gold standard for protecting data privacy, but encryption is only as strong as its key management. Critical credential files such as …
Photo gallery: A walk through Black Hat’s Business Hall
This gallery from Black Hat features: Qualys, Blue Coat Systems, FireEye, Shape Security, Michael Schrenk, Gigamon, Securonix, ThreatTrack Security.
Free Android app identifies and uninstalls spyware
At Black Hat, SnoopWall announced the release of Privacy App for Android platform mobile devices. Privacy App is based upon the company’s counterveillance technology. It …
Two Gameover Zeus variants targeting Europe and beyond
Bitdefender has identified two Gameover Zeus variants in the wild: one of them generates 1,000 domains per day and the other generates 10,000 per day. The UK is currently the …
CIA’s venture firm CISO offers singular solutions for cyber problems
In a eclectic keynote delivered to the Black Hat conference audience, Dan Geer, CISO at In-Q-Tel, made known his thoughts on and ideas about a number of things: from Internet …
Turla cyber-espionage campaign puzzle solved
Turla, also known as Snake or Uroburos is one of the most sophisticated ongoing cyber-espionage campaigns. When the first research on Turla/Snake/Uroburos was published, it …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- 40 open-source tools redefining how security teams secure the stack
- Password habits are changing, and the data shows how far we’ve come
- Product showcase: Tuta – secure, encrypted, private email
- Henkel CISO on the messy truth of monitoring factories built across decades
- The hidden dynamics shaping who produces influential cybersecurity research