Dash invites researchers to hack their blockchain
Thousands of security researchers will be incentivized to identify critical software vulnerabilities within Dash’s code and present them to the Dash Core Team for remediation. …
Week in review: MalwareTech arrested, hacking Amazon Echo
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers …
What leads women to cybersecurity, and what makes them stay?
Many studies have shown that different perspectives result in a better understanding of problems and, ultimately, in better solutions for everybody. But even though it’s …
Mozilla sets up private, encrypted file sharing service for large files
Mozilla has launched an online service for private sharing of encrypted files between two users. It’s called Send, and it’s meant to ensure users’ shared …
UK researcher who stopped WannaCry charged with creating and distributing banking Trojan
Marcus Hutchins, the 23-year-old UK researcher who found the kill-switch domain in the WannaCry ransomware code and registered it, preventing the malware to wreak even more …
How to select a suitable incident response program for your organization
All organizations, regardless of how well they think their walls are fortified, will at some point fall victim to an attack. How they respond to the attack could mean the …
New infosec products of the week: August 4, 2017
New Forcepoint CASB behavior analytics help security teams reduce time to action Forcepoint fortified its cloud security portfolio to empower security teams with new …
The anatomy of a completely fileless attack
The use of fileless malware is definitely on the rise, and it’s used both by targeted threat actors and cybercriminals. Trend Micro researchers, though, are keen to …
Another popular Chrome extension hijacked through phishing
Chris Pederick, the creator and maintainer of the Web Developer for Chrome extension, is the latest victim of attackers who hijack popular Chrome add-ons in order to push ads …
Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months
Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that …
DigiCert to acquire Symantec’s website security business
Under the terms of the agreement, Symantec will receive approximately $950 million in upfront cash proceeds and approximately a 30 percent stake in the common stock equity of …
US DOJ publishes guidelines for setting up a vulnerability disclosure program
Instituting a vulnerability disclosure program (aka bug bounty program) that won’t blow up in the organization’s face can be a daunting task. Some will prefer to …
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