Chrome users get Site Isolation by default to ward off Spectre attacks
Site Isolation, the optional security feature added to Chrome 63 late last year to serve as protection against Spectre information disclosure attacks, has been enabled by …
Zeljka Zorz
Gargoyle: Innovative solution for preventing insider attacks
A group of researchers from UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University, and Purdue University has released a paper on a new and very promising network-based solution for preventing …
Threats financial organizations will face in 2019
What type of threats will financial services and banking organizations face in 2019? According to IntSights Cyber Intelligence, they should be prepared for breaches effected …
Infosec and the future: Dr. Giovanni Vigna on lessons learned over 25 years
When I asked Dr. Giovanni Vigna what are some of the most important lessons he has learned during the 25+ years he spent working in computer security, his answer was simple: …
Access to airport’s security system sold on dark web
Leveraging compromised RDP credentials is one of the easiest ways attackers can break into company networks and systems. Unfortunately for all of us, there are a lot of …
Microsoft plugs 53 security holes in July 2018 Patch Tuesday
For its July 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has patched 53 vulnerabilities. 17 of them are critical and 16 of those affect Internet Explorer and Edge. Microsoft updates …
Apple releases security updates, adds new privacy protection for iOS users
Apple has released new versions of its many operating systems and software products, with fixes for a wide variety of vulnerabilities. The iOS update also comes with USB …
Fitness app Polar Flow reveals home addresses of soldiers, spies
Polar Flow can reveal sensitive information about the lives of users, including intelligence agents, embassy workers, military men and women, workers at nuclear weapons …
German web hosting firm DomainFactory suffers data breach
DomainFactory, one of the largest web hosting companies in Germany, has suffered a data breach. The breach dates back to January 29, 2018, and the attacker had access to the …
UK govt announces specialized cybercrime court in London
It is just a matter of time until specialized courts for cybercrime cases pop up, and the UK is already working on one. The new court will be located in the heart of the City …
