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Adobe patched 59 vulnerabilities in five different products, including Flash Player, Acrobat/Reader, Photoshop, Adobe Campaign, and its Adobe Creative Cloud App as part of its regularly scheduled software update today. The company warned in a series of security bulletins posted shortly before Read More …
As businesses have become more dependent on technology, their exposure to cybersecurity threats increases – driving a need for boards and senior management to understand the risks. Cybercrime has grown so much that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently Read More …
This weekend saw multiple reports of a new zero-day vulnerability that affected all versions of Microsoft Word. Today, Proofpoint researchers observed the document exploit being used in a large email campaign distributing the Dridex banking Trojan. This campaign was sent Read More …
Symantec announced that it had connected at least 40 attacks across 16 countries where tools obtained and exposed by WikiLeaks via the Vault 7 revelations about CIA’s espionage tactics were used. In a lengthy report, Symantec talks about a highly Read More …
Payday lender Wonga has advised 270,000 customers of a data breach and offered inconsistent advice about the severity of the incident and how to respond. An “incident FAQ” on the company’s site says “We believe there may have been illegal Read More …
A hackers group that previously claimed to have stolen a bunch of hacking tools (malware, zero-day exploits, and implants) created by the NSA and gained popularity last year for leaking a portion of those tools is back. Today, The Shadow Read More …
Shortly after Christmas, 2011, Ruby Nealon sold the Nintendo Wii games console his mother had bought him to fund an Open University course in computer software. He was 11 and it was the start of his unconventional education as a computer Read More …
On Wednesday (April 5), Terence Rice, VP and chief information security officer at Merck & Co., told the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce that healthcare cybersecurity still has a long way to Read More …
Federal agencies should implement new procedures to ensure their workforce is prepared for new cybersecurity threats, warned a federal report Tuesday. The current digital era has brought about technologies that have radically changed society, and allowed for a more convenient Read More …
Maryland legislators want to give the state’s cybersecurity investment tax credits to investors instead of the companies themselves. A bill that was passed unanimously in the Senate calls for adjustments to an existing statute that gives tax incentives for investments Read More …