Vulnerability News

Equifax Ordered To Implement Security Measures

Financial regulators from eight states impose new rules in the wake of the credit reporting agency’s historic breach. An article review. The investigation by federal regulators and law enforcement officials into the breach that resulted in the release of over 140 mi...

Don’t Believe Your Eyes: Router-Based Malware Can Change Website Data

Previously thought to be designed to deliver a DDoS attack, VPNFilter can alter data in transit and change what you see on your screen. An article review. Initially, researchers thought that a new piece of router-based malware called VPNFilter was a relatively simple tool...

Project Indigo: Blurring The Lines Between Government and Private Sector Cybersecurity

US Cyber Command joins with the FS-ISAC to share threat intelligence… An article review. Threat intelligence sharing is a concept we’re all probably familiar with, at least in passing–it’s hard to imagine where we’d be without the efforts of ...

Hardware Bugs Pose a Lasting Threat

Newly disclosed vulnerabilities highlight a concerning security trend… An Article Review. Over the winter, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities called the security risk posed by hardware bugs to the attention of the public…as well as hackers and security r...

The Cost of Being Unprepared

A new study has identified the most profitable malware, showing just how much unprepared businesses have paid. An article review. Despite pleas from various experts and authorities, it looks like a significant number of organizations ultimately decide to pay the criminal ...

WPA2 Vulnerable To Attack

While Many Devices Have Already Been Patched, Many More May Never Be… An article review. When does exploit news cross the line into being a trend? How about when it impacts essentially every single wi-fi enabled device? That’s the takeaway from the recently an...

Fitbit Vulnerability Raises Activity Tracker Concerns

Data from the devices could be tied to insurance and healthcare costs in the future… An article review. While we try not to cover “exploit of the week” style articles here (other sites do a far more comprehensive job on that subject!), we thought a recent...

Recently Discovered Mac Malware Has Long History

Researchers found evidence in the code that the exploit may have been in use for decades. An article review It’s a common belief that viruses and other types of malware don’t affect Apple products, but unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. A good exa...

When You Accidentally Go Open Source

32 TB of Windows 10-related source code is now available, for better or for worse… An article review. Releasing the source code for a project has been a common practice among some developers for decades now–proponents say allowing any interested parties to view...

Ransomware Attacks Continue Record Growth In 2017

As attacks rise, global damages are expected to reach $5 Billion. An Article Review. We’re only halfway through 2017 but endpoint security firm Barkley has already come out with a look at the year in ransomware, which isn’t surprising since it feels like weR...

Vulnerability News

Equifax Ordered To Implement Security Measures

Don’t Believe Your Eyes: Router-Based Malware Can Change Website Data

Project Indigo: Blurring The Lines Between Government and Private Sector Cybersecurity

Hardware Bugs Pose a Lasting Threat

The Cost of Being Unprepared

WPA2 Vulnerable To Attack

Fitbit Vulnerability Raises Activity Tracker Concerns

Recently Discovered Mac Malware Has Long History

When You Accidentally Go Open Source

Ransomware Attacks Continue Record Growth In 2017

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