Commission settlement officially $17.5 million, but fine reduced due to inability to pay. Ashley Madison, the dating website for married people seeking extramarital affairs, will pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Read More →
The basement of the Democratic National Committee’s Washington, DC, headquarters holds one of the most fitting images to come out of the hacks that dogged Democrats in the 2016 presidentialRead More →
McAfee patches flaws in its Linux security solution. Remote code execution flaws found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux could allow an attacker to obtain root privileges, and a securityRead More →
In the second half of 2016, ESET researchers identified a unique malicious toolset that was used in targeted cyberattacks against high-value targets in the Ukrainian financial sector. We believe that theRead More →
Developers at the Tor Project have started working on a sandboxed version of the Tor Browser, currently available as an early alpha version for Linux systems. Sandboxing is a securityRead More →
On 28 October, the cryptocurrency world saw the emergence of a new player, the Zcash (ZEC) cryptocurrency. Its developers have described it rather figuratively: “If Bitcoin is like HTTP forRead More →
A PricewaterhouseCoopers SAP software, the Automated Controls Evaluator (ACE), is affected by a critical security flaw that could be exploited by hackers. A software developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers for SAP systems, the AutomatedRead More →
President Barack Obama has ordered US intelligence agencies to deeper investigate the alleged Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential Election. President Barack Obama is going to close his Presidential mandate,Read More →
Experts at the Nuclear Industry Summit (NIT) explained how to reduce the risk of damaging cyberattacks at nuclear facilities. The threat of cyber attacks on nuclear power plants and otherRead More →
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), an organization within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has published a security alert yesterday, warning owners of Netgear R6400 and R7000Read More →
