Infosecurity News
Financial Orgs Fall Down on the AppSec Job
74% of potential vulnerabilities are either undetected or unfixed in this vertical.
ICO's Agenda: GDPR, Brexit, WhatsApp & A Culture Of Data Confidence
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s speech at the Data Protection Practitioners' Conference outlined the challenges and issues facing data protection industry
New Wiper Malware Discovered Targeting Europe and Middle East
StoneDrill malware is similar to the wiper Shamoon, which destroyed 35,000 computers in 2012
Spammers Exposed After Backup Error Reveals 1.4 Billion Email Addresses
River City Media used huge database to send over one billion spam emails every day, researchers discover
CA Technologies to Acquire Veracode
CA Technologies have announced the intended acquisition of application security vendor Veracode for $614m.
Consumer Reports Debuts Impartial Privacy Standard
It can be used by businesses to measure the privacy and security of products, apps and services.
Grand Theft Auto Creator Launches Bug Bounty
The public launch comes after paying out $85K+ in private bounties in the last 9 months.
HackerOne Offers Free Bounty Programs for Open Source
In the wake of high-profile open-source flaws like Heartbleed and Poodle, there’s an awareness that most of the tools and technology that we use every day run on open-source platforms.
#GartnerIAM: Analytics in IAM Enable Security
A lot of negativity in security can be compounded with positivity of the future of IAM and analytics
One Million Stolen Gmail & Yahoo Accounts for Sale on Dark Web
The accounts include names, emails and plain text passwords harvested from a variety of infamous data breaches
#GartnerIAM: Analytics Can Help IAM
Gartner's senior analysts highlight key movers in the IAM and identity space
#GartnerIAM: Tackle GDPR Compliance with Risk Management
Gartner claims that despite low take up, GDPR compliance is not a lost cause
Nurse Fined After Admitting to Accessing Patient Records
Nurse Elaine Lewis was dismissed from role after admitting breaching the Data Protection Act
Businesses Blame DDoS Attacks on Rival Companies
Kaspersky Lab research suggests companies blame competitors for DDoS attacks rather than disgruntled employees or political activists
Hypocrisy Alert: Veep Pence Used AOL Account for State Business
Webmail account was even hacked last year
Cybersecurity Leader Howard Schmidt Remembered
News appeared on Thursday 2 March that Howard Schmidt had passed away following a long battle with cancer
Chinese VoIP Kit Contains Backdoor, Warn Researchers
Shenzhen-based DBL Technology patched but did not fix issue
Amazon Outage Caused by Simple Input Error
Major sites were affected for hours on Tuesday
New York Banks Face Cybersecurity Regulations
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed regulations to ensure that institutions better protect themselves.
Privacy Issue Discovered in Telegram Messaging App
Researchers from Fidelis Cybersecurity have unearthed an “interesting security issue” involving the popular messaging app Telegram
