Saturday, July 5, 2025
Latest:

Computer Security Articles

RSS Reader for Computer Security Articles

Month: May 2017

ComputerWorldIndependent
admin

Former NSA chief weighs in on cybersecurity, cyberespionage at ZertoCon

Credit to Author: Ryan Francis| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:53:00 -0700

BOSTON — Retired Gen. Michael Hayden held nothing back when speaking to cybersecurity pros today at the ZertoCon business continuity conference.

It’s been more than a decade since he led the National Security Agency (NSA), but that didn’t stop Hayden from asserting that the Russians were involved in last year’s U.S. presidential election. His view: Only two presidents doubt that the Russians were involved in the 2016 election — Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

“They [the Russians] had an affect on the election, there is no question that this happened,” Hayden said. “The question is if there was collaboration with the campaign.”

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Read More
ComputerWorldIndependent
admin

IDG Contributor Network: Wikileaks reveals potent Windows malware from the CIA

Credit to Author: Andy Patrizio| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:00:00 -0700

A few days ago, Microsoft’s top lawyer took the NSA to task over WannaCry, saying that problem was the agency’s creation because it built and stockpiled such malware for its own use.

Now WikiLeaks has revealed more government-created malware and this one is a nasty piece of work.

Codenamed “Athena,” the spyware targets all version of Windows from Windows XP to Windows 10, and was released in August 2015. It was created in part by a private New Hampshire-based cyber security firm called Siege Technologies.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Read More
IndependentSecuriteam
admin

SSD Advisory – IBM Informix Dynamic Server and Informix Open Admin Tool Multiple Vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 06:41:53 +0000

Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describes six (6) vulnerabilities found in Informix Dynamic Server and Informix Open Admin Tool. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Exceptional, low maintenance online transaction processing (OLTP) data server for enterprise and workgroup computing. IBM Informix Dynamic Server has many features that cater to a variety of user groups, including developers and … Continue reading SSD Advisory – IBM Informix Dynamic Server and Informix Open Admin Tool Multiple Vulnerabilities

Read More
FortinetSecurity
admin

What It Takes to Successfully Defend Against WannaCry and Everything Else

Credit to Author: Douglas Jose Pereira| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 12:23:43 -0700

A major challenge facing security vendors today is that most solutions and products are developed based on knowledge of previous threats that already exist. This makes many security solutions reactive by their very design, which is not a tenable strategy for facing the volume of new attacks and strategies arising today. This arms race of identifying new threats, then reacting has been the primary strategy since the dawn of malware: A new virus is identified and then security vendors write the antivirus signature to block it; a polymorphic virus…

Read More
SecuritySophos
admin

Volete sconfiggere WanaCrypt0r? I nostri webinar vi dicono come!

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 13:15:23 +0000

Nei giorni scorsi un numero elevato di organizzazioni a livello mondiale è stato colpito da un nuovo attacco informatico, il ransomware Wanna, conosciuto anche come WannaCry, WCry, WanaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r and Wana DeCrypt0r. Le linee telefoniche e i sistemi informatici del Servizio Sanitario Nazionale inglese (NHS) sono stati presi in ostaggio e da lì si è [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=34626&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/K0L0wsId7Yg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Read More