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Wyden Pushes FCC For Answers on SS7 Security
Sen. Ron Wyden wants answers from the FCC on cellular network breaches and security.
Spectre Forces New Defensive Approaches
The Spectre and Meltdown hardware bugs have pushed vendors such as Google to rethink how they deploy defenses.
Security Debt and the Keys to the Kingdom
Security debt is the accumulation of the patches missed, the risks accepted, and the configurations misapplied. Many enterprise security problems arise when the bill comes due.
Botnet Report Calls for IoT Security, More Awareness
The long-awaited report from the Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security called on the industry to improve IoT security, to develop better anti-DDoS technologies, and educate users about botnets. Regulation is not mentioned...yet.
Roll With the New: Continuous Security Delivery
Capsule8 is working to change the way enterprises think about attack detection and response.
TIC. TIC. Time is running out for TIC
Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) is the federal equivalent to DMZ. Dramatic changes in IT led by cloud adoption and mobile means we need to rethinking TIC.
Hacker History: The Time Charlie and Chris Hacked a Jeep Cherokee
Let's go back to 2015 in this animated Hacker History, when hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek teamed up to show the world how the latest infotainment features in automobiles can be used to remotely hijack the car.
Facebook Simplifies 2FA Process for Users
Facebook has changed the way people can use two-factor authentication to protect their accounts, adding authenticator apps.
Expect More Spectre, Meltdown Variants Until Updated Chips Arrive
After Meltdown and Spectre, many researchers warned that increased scrutiny on side-channel meant more attacks will be found, so the discovery of "Variant 4" is not a surprise. More variants will be found as chip makers update their designs over the next few years to fix the issues.
FireEye Releases PwnAuth, an OAuth Attack Testing Platform
FireEye has released PwnAuth, an open source tool designed to help security professionals test their organization's ability to detect and respond to attacks abusing OAuth.
Time, and the LØpht, March On
Twenty years after their famous Senate hearing, four members of the L0pht hacker group came together this week to talk about where things stand.
YubiKeys Now Work With iOS
Yubico has released an SDK that will enable iOS app developers to support hardware-based 2FA.
The Business of America is Surveillance
The FCC is looking into a website flaw that allowed the real-time tracking of anyone with just a mobile phone number.
Exposed AWS Resources Leaked Sensitive Data
Amazon S3 buckets aren't the only data repositories that can leak data because of the organization's configuration errors. Other cloud services on the AWS platform are often found accessible by anyone on the Internet.
Google Puts Plaintext HTTP Out to Pasture
Google Chrome will mark all HTTP pages as not secure in the coming months, a major milestone in the overdue death of plaintext connections.