Hackers shakedown businesses by encrypting their websites
Crypto-ransomware hackers who have plagued PCs for the past two years have found a new tack — high value business websites.
Crypto-ransomware hackers who have plagued PCs for the past two years have found a new tack — high value business websites.
Managing the keys of all your valuable resources, be they in the real world or the virtual, can be a hassle. Managing all the encryption keys for an entire enterprise is a harder challenge still.
Joab Jackson | 08 Aug | Read more
Last month, the White House released its 90-day review of big data and privacy, renewing the call for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights along with a number of other policy recommendations.
Thor Olavsrud | 03 Jun | Read more
NHS England officials are holding crisis talks over the introduction of a new database that extracts patient records from GP systems, as criticism mounts over the organisation's handling of the launch, its approach to informing the public about their options and privacy concerns.
Derek du Preez | 18 Feb | Read more
Not many might have heard of messaging intelligence. It is a new category of service that combines big data with social network analytics as well as security elements.
Zafar Anjum | 31 Jan | Read more
MongoHQ, which provides hosting and support for the open-source Mongo database, said attackers may have accessed several of its customers' databases earlier this week.
Jeremy Kirk | 30 Oct | Read more
MusicBrainz, the popular open content music database, disclosed at the end of March that a database dump had taken place and user information had been downloaded.
Patrick Budmar | 19 Apr | Read more
The PostgreSQL developers released updates for all major branches of the popular open-source database system on Thursday in order to address several vulnerabilities, including a high-risk one that could allow attackers to crash the server, modify configuration variables as superuser or execute arbitrary code if certain conditions are met.
Lucian Constantin | 05 Apr | Read more
Oracle is preparing to ship 86 patches covering security vulnerabilities in a wide span of its products, with 18 of the fixes aimed at the MySQL database alone.
Chris Kanaracus | 11 Jan | Read more
Oracle is simplifying its security offerings by combining a pair of existing tools into a single package.
Chris Kanaracus | 12 Dec | Read more
LastPass today rescinded its day-old order that all users of its online password management system reset their master passwords due to a database breach.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 May | Read more
Microsoft isn't the only company planning a boatload of security patches for next week. Oracle plans to fix 81 vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and operating system products on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft's fixes are due.
Robert McMillan | 08 Oct | Read more