Social Mapper: A free tool for automated discovery of targets’ social media accounts
Trustwave has released Social Mapper, an open source tool that automates the process of discovering individuals’ social media accounts. How Social Mapper works The tool …
IoT malware found hitting airplanes’ SATCOM systems
In 2014, IOActive researchers revealed security vulnerabilities they found in the most widely deployed satellite communications terminals and presented potential scenarios …
August Patch Tuesday forecast: Looking ahead after a frustrating July
Approaching August Patch Tuesday, we are supposed to be in the ‘dog days’ of summer where everything slows down. Unfortunately, July was full of CVEs and stability fixes with …
The future of OT security in critical infrastructure
Both the likelihood and consequences of cyberattacks to OT/ICS components continue to grow for modern industrial operations. While current advances in OT/ICS cyber security …
Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2018, part 2
Black Hat USA 2018 is underway at Las Vegas. Here are a few photos from the Business Hall. Featured companies: LogRhythm, Carbon Black, Swimlane, Qualys, Cofense, Vectra, …
Smart cities are exposed to old-school threats
Spurred by the false alarm that made Hawaii residents fear for their lives earlier this year, IBM X-Force Red and Threatcare researchers have decided to test several smart …
A botnet of smart irrigation systems can deplete a city’s water supply
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) cyber security researchers warn of a potential distributed attack against urban water services that uses a botnet of smart irrigation …
There’s a global divide in how organizations assess cyber risk
Nearly 48 percent of organizations globally have embraced strategic vulnerability assessment – defined as mature or moderately mature programs that include targeted and …
Cyber hygiene: Where do organizations fall behind on basics?
Tripwire released its State of Cyber Hygiene report, which examined how organisations are implementing security controls that the Center for Internet Security (CIS) refers to …
Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2018
Black Hat USA 2018 is underway at Las Vegas. Here are a few photos from the Business Hall and the Arsenal. Featured companies: ZeroFOX, LogRhythm, Qualys, Rapid7, Irdeto, …
Should we add bugs to software to put off attackers?
A group of New York University researchers are testing a new approach to software security: adding more bugs to it instead of removing them. The idea is to “drown …
Nearly 15% of US security budgets go to remediating active compromises
Malwarebytes and Osterman Research have polled 900 senior IT decision-makers and IT security professionals in Australia, Germany, the US, UK, and Singapore about the impact of …
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