IoT security is getting worse, not better: researchers
125 new vulnerabilities identified as testing finds popular devices can be readily compromised.
David Braue | 20 Sep | Read more
125 new vulnerabilities identified as testing finds popular devices can be readily compromised.
David Braue | 20 Sep | Read more
A lack of network visibility and information sharing continues to hinder organisational efforts to unify security specialists and IT operations teams in a 'SecOps' mode of organisational functioning, a cloud-computing specialist has warned.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
Microsoft wants hackers and researchers to prod its .NET Core CLR runtime and ASP.NET 5 betas in Visual Studio 15 for security vulnerabilities.
These 10 threats, bugs, and vulnerabilities serve as reminders that computer security goes well beyond the PC.
Nick Mediati | 06 Oct | Read more
If you're worried about security vulnerabilities, you're not alone five critical areas of security have researchers worried. One of them is the security of the Android mobile operating system, which was in the spotlight as IBM located another Android bug and a zero-day flaw in Google's Admin app allowed malicious apps to read its files. Google's first attempt to patch the high-profile StageFright bug was unsuccessful and the company said it would be November before a complete fix to the bug would be delivered.
David Braue | 17 Aug | Read more
Despite a spate of high-profile security attacks, the number of new security vulnerabilities is expected to decline this year for the first time since 2011, according to the latest figures from IBM's X-Force managed security team.
David Braue | 03 Sep | Read more
Traffic is chaotic enough in major cities, but imagine how much worse it would be if a criminal hacker got control of the traffic lights.
Antone Gonsalves | 30 Aug | Read more
Retail giant Target made headlines after announcing that 110 million Americans were affected by a massive data breach at its stores. If you want to avoid the same fate, pay attention to these four lessons learned in the wake of the Target breach.
Jonathan Hassell | 17 Mar | Read more
Windows XP is just a few short weeks away from coming out of support from Microsoft. And that means no more updates for security vulnerabilities. So, what's that mean for businesses? Can they just carry on as if nothing has changed or will retaining Microsoft's most popular OS create new risks for the enterprise?
Anthony Caruana | 13 Mar | Read more
The number of disclosed security vulnerabilities is projected to decline or stay on par with last year, according to IBM’s X-Force 2013 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report.
Rebecca Merrett | 26 Sep | Read more
Leading US critical infrastructure security consultant Eric Byres has slammed security practices at Siemens following the demonstration of serious security vulnerabilities in their S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) at Black Hat 2011.
Stilgherrian | 08 Aug | Read more