Week in review: NotPetya, Facebook to inspect private messages, new issue of (IN)SECURE
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: With ransomware, pay up if you want to keep paying So there you are, staring at a …
Eternal Blues: A free EternalBlue vulnerability scanner
It is to be hoped that after the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks, companies will finally make sure to install – on all their systems – the Windows update that …
Facebook moderators can inspect private messages of users suspected of terror links
Pressured by European governments, Facebook, Twitter and Google are trying to tackle the extremist propaganda and recruitment on their social networks and sites. It’s an …
The role of web filtering in a modern security architecture
In its most basic and simplest form, filtering access to content on the web can be achieved by rather blunt instruments such as DNS black-holes. And, in the early 2000s, this …
Do we live in a riskier world? C-suite and senior level experts weigh in
72 percent of global business leaders say they’re operating in a riskier world, spurred by increasingly regulated industries, advanced technology and rapid digitalization, …
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 …
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