Independent labs will test the security of medical devices
The Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium (MDISS) launched the first of more than a dozen planned specialized labs for security testing medical devices. …
Week in review: Black Hat, the future of AppSec, the value of cyber insurrance
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Review: Pwnie Express Pulse Pwnie Express Pulse is a SaaS offering that uses custom …
Microsoft opens fuzz testing service to the wider public
Microsoft Security Risk Detection, a cloud-based fuzz testing service previously known under the name Project Springfield, is now open to all and sundry. Fuzz testing (i.e. …
McAfee aims to strengthen human-machine defense teams
“Today’s security teams are facing 244 new cyber threats every minute, amid a serious talent shortage. Siloed security, without automation, managed by overwhelmed teams is not …
Hackable smart car wash systems can hurt people
Two years after researchers Billi Rios and Terry McCorkle first flagged serious vulnerabilities in automatic, smart car wash systems by US manufacturer PDQ, the company is …
How to protect the power grid from low-budget cyberattacks
Cyberattacks against power grids and other critical infrastructure systems have long been considered a threat limited to nation-states due to the sophistication and resources …
Threat prevention for protecting production environments
Capsule8 launched the beta version of Capsule8 Protect, a threat prevention and response platform purpose-built for cloud-native environments. Organizations are rapidly …
Phishers’ techniques and behaviours, and what to do if you’ve been phished
Once a user has been phished, how long does it takes for the phishers to misuse the stolen credentials? To discover the answer to that question and many others, Imperva …
Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2017, part 2
Black Hat USA 2017 is underway at Las Vegas, and here are a few photos from the Business Hall, the Arsenal, and the Innovation City. Featured companies: NTT Security, …
Security vulnerabilities in radiation monitoring devices
IOActive researcher Ruben Santamarta has uncovered a number of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in widely deployed Radiation Monitoring Devices (RDMs), and has presented his …
22% of SMBs hit by ransomware had to cease business operations
More than one-third of small and medium-sized businesses have experienced a ransomware attack in the last year, a new Malwarebytes report claims, and 22 percent of these …
Russian arrested, indicted for laundering funds from Mt. Gox hack
Alexander Vinnik, a Russian man arrested on Tuesday in Greece, is allegedly the operator of digital currency exchange BTC-e, through which funds from the Mt. Gox bitcoin …