Cloud providers not expanding security as fast as customers adopt cloud
Information security professionals trust the cloud even less now than they did last year, despite efforts by cloud-service providers to tighten security, according to the SANS …
Unlocking Windows 10 PCs with smartphones, wearables, smart cards
With Windows 10, Microsoft is slowly moving towards removing passwords as the main authentication method for users to log in to their (locked) computers. Windows Hello, the …
Polyglot ransomware decryption tool released
Kaspersky Lab experts have released a Polyglot ransomware decryption tool, which enables users who have suffered from this ransomware, also known as MarsJoke, to restore their …
Augmented Reality market to experience explosive growth
The Augmented Reality market size at $659.7 million in 2015 is anticipated to reach $80.8 billion by 2022, according to ReportsnReports. The AR market goes from $659.7 million …
DressCode Android malware found in 3,000 apps
When Check Point researchers unearthed more than 40 apps on Google Play (and 400 on third party app stores) infected with the so-called DressCode malware in late October, it …
Leaked: Source code for Mirai IoT DDoS botnet
IoT-powered DDoS attacks are on the rise, and the situation is poised to become even worse now that the source code for the Mirai malware has been made public. Reporter Brian …
Nmap 7.30: New NSE scripts, Npcap, fingerprints
Nmap 7.30 is the first stable release since 7.12 back in March. Apart from bug fixes, it comes with new features, including more NSE scripts, an improved version of Npcap …
Digital disruptors demand a new approach to IT
Digital disruptors such as algorithms, artificial intelligence (AI), bots and chatbots are already transforming businesses. Gartner expects that algorithmic business will …
IEEE 802.3bz standard brings 2.5 and 5 Gb/s to existing cabling
The Ethernet Alliance hailed ratification of IEEE 802.3bz, Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 2.5 …
Week in review: Securing ICS, and the reasons behind risky password practices
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Yahoo breach was not state-sponsored, researchers claim The massive 2014 Yahoo breach …
DefecTor: DNS-enhanced correlation attacks against Tor users
A group of researchers from Princeton University, Karlstad University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have devised two new correlation attacks that can be leveraged to …
Arduino’s new open source kit makes creating IoT devices easy
The Arduino team is using Kickstarter to crowdfund their latest project: the ESLOV IoT Invention Kit. ESLOV is a system of intelligent modules that can be connected in an …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Southwest Airlines CISO on tackling cyber risks in the aviation industry
- Insider risk management needs a human strategy
- Cerbos: Open-source, scalable authorization solution
- Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 5 actively exploited zero-days
- Zero-day exploited to compromise Fortinet FortiVoice systems (CVE-2025-32756)