Satellite phone communications can be decrypted in near real-time
Satellite phone communications encrypted with the GMR-2 cipher can be decrypted in mere fractions of a second, two Chinese researchers have proved. The vulnerable cipher The …
Why Kodi boxes can pose a serious malware threat
When new streaming devices, such as the Amazon Firestick and Apple TV, were first introduced, many were intrigued by the ease by which they could watch “over the …
Operators of decade-old Malware-as-a-Service outfit charged
As Crackas With Attitude hacker “Incursio” got handed a 2-year prison sentence for gaining unauthorized access to government computers and online accounts of a …
66% of US law firms reported a breach in 2016
The majority of US-based law firms are not only exposed in a wide variety of areas, but in many cases, unaware of intrusion attempts. These findings were based on Logicforce …
South Korean bitcoin exchange hacked, user accounts plundered
Bithumb, a South Korean bitcoin and ether exchange, has suffered a data breach that resulted in customer losses potentially reaching billions of South Korean won (currently, a …
How High-Tech Bridge uses machine learning
In this podcast, Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech Bridge, talks about the difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning, and illustrates how his company …
Windows 10 will use protected folders to thwart crypto ransomware
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (the next major update of Microsoft’s popular OS) is scheduled to be released in September, and will come with major new end-to-end …
Rising information security threats, and what to do about them
The digital threat landscape faced by enterprises large and small is in perpetual flux, and keeping an eye on things and adapting defenses should be of primary importance to …
Cloud IT infrastructure revenues grew 14.9% to $8 billion in 1Q17
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 14.9% year over year in the …
Week in review: NotPetya, Facebook to inspect private messages, new issue of (IN)SECURE
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: With ransomware, pay up if you want to keep paying So there you are, staring at a …
Eternal Blues: A free EternalBlue vulnerability scanner
It is to be hoped that after the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks, companies will finally make sure to install – on all their systems – the Windows update that …
Facebook moderators can inspect private messages of users suspected of terror links
Pressured by European governments, Facebook, Twitter and Google are trying to tackle the extremist propaganda and recruitment on their social networks and sites. It’s an …
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