How likely are weaponized cars?
It is easy to become absorbed by the exaggerated Hollywood depictions of car hacking scenarios – to imagine a not-so-distant future when cars or their supporting …
Why zero trust is crucial to compliance
The enterprise faces a brand new world when it comes to data privacy and security. New regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California …
Growing reliance on open source libraries leaves many companies vulnerable
Organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on open source libraries (OSLs) to develop code for software and websites. However, Jing Xie, senior threat intelligence …
Cloud migration journey is more complex than anticipated for innovation and efficiency
Two-thirds of large enterprises are not realizing the full benefits of their cloud migration journeys identifying security and the complexity of business and operational …
Week in review: BlueKeep, GitHub automated security fixes, reducing the threat of legacy apps
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: Attackers are exploiting WordPress plugin flaw to inject malicious scripts …
Chrome extension devs must drop deceptive installation tactics
After announcing its intention to limit third-party developers’ access to Chrome’s webRequest API, which is used by many ad-blocking extensions to filter out …
Siemens LOGO!, a PLC for small automation projects, open to attack
LOGO!, a programmable logic controller (PLC) manufactured by Siemens, sports three vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to reconfigure the device, access project …
Researchers fight ransomware attacks by leveraging properties of flash-based storage
Ransomware continues to pose a serious threat to organizations of all sizes. In a new paper, “Project Almanac: A Time-Traveling Solid State Drive,” University of …
New infosec products of the week: May 31, 2019
SailPoint Predictive Identity platform: The future of identity governance SailPoint unveiled the SailPoint Predictive Identity platform, the intelligent cloud identity …
What mechanisms can help address today’s biggest cybersecurity challenges?
In this Help Net Security podcast, Syed Abdur Rahman, Director of Products with unified risk management provider Brinqa, talks about their risk centric knowledge-driven …
Researchers spot manipulated photos and video using AI-driven imaging system
To thwart sophisticated methods of altering photos and video, researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have demonstrated an experimental technique to authenticate …
Attackers are exploiting WordPress plugin flaw to inject malicious scripts
Attackers are leveraging an easily exploitable bug in the popular WP Live Chat Support plugin to inject a malicious JavaScript in vulnerable sites, Zscaler warns. The company …