software

Global IT spending to grow 6.2% in 2018

April 9, 2018

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 6.2 percent from 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Although global IT …

Flaws in ManageEngine apps opens enterprise systems to compromise

March 22, 2018

Researchers have discovered multiple severe vulnerabilities in ManageEngine’s line of tools for internal IT support teams, which are used by over half of Fortune 500 …

Firefox news: Fresh releases, Firefox Quantum for Enterprise, privacy protections

March 14, 2018

Firefox 59 (for desktop and mobile) and Firefox ESR 52.7 have been released to the public. Privacy enhancements and security fixes The former sports some performance …

Android P: Expected security and privacy improvements

March 8, 2018

Google has released a developer preview of the next version of Android, currently called “Android P.” Functional changes are many, but here’s an overview of …

Backdooring connected cars for covert remote control

March 5, 2018

We’ve all known for a while now that the security of connected cars leaves a lot to be desired. The latest proof of that sad state of affairs comes from Argentinian …

Phillips clinical imaging solution plagued by vulnerabilities

February 28, 2018

Phillips is developing a software update to mitigate 35 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities in the Philips IntelliSpace Portal (ISP), a clinical imaging visualization and analysis …

Mobile banking Trojans spread confusion worldwide

February 27, 2018

Consumers around the world that use mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of being tricked by cybercriminals and falling victim to mobile banking theft. This is according …

Trend Micro fixes serious vulnerabilities in Email Encryption Gateway

February 22, 2018

Trend Micro has plugged a bucketload of vulnerabilities in its Email Encryption Gateway, some of which can be combined to execute root commands from the perspective of a …

Intel offers to pay for Spectre-like side channel vulnerabilities

February 16, 2018

Intel is expanding the bug bounty program it started last March, and is raising considerably the awards it plans to give out for helpful vulnerability information. Where …

Hotspot Shield VPN flaw can betray users’ location

February 7, 2018

A flaw in the widely used Hotspot Shield VPN utility can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information that could be used to discover users’ location and, …

The future of smartphone security: Hardware isolation

February 2, 2018

Mobile spyware has become increasingly more ubiquitous in corporate networks and devices. In a 2017 study, Check Point has found that out of the 850 organizations that they …

Cisco plugs critical hole in many of its enterprise security appliances

January 30, 2018

There’s an eminently exploitable remote code execution flaw in the Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software running on a number of Cisco enterprise appliances, and …