Continuing with the Critical Security Controls Top 20 we are at number seventeen. This control talks about Security Awareness and education efforts in your business. Security is only successful when others understand and can recognize threats and have the…

Administrators of various underground hacking forums hosted on both the public Internet and Dark Web are having serious discussions about the ethics of allowing the sale of ransomware via their platforms.

A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is when attackers attempt to make it impossible for a service to be delivered, typically by drowning a system with requests for data. They have been part of the criminal toolbox for twenty years, and are only…

This week Padre and Steve discuss what was up with Security Now's recent audio troubles, more on the Equifax Fiasco, the EFF & Cory Doctorow weigh in on forthcoming browser enc…

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The hack is automated to send 8,000 variants of the virus.

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can be used as a means to bridge air-gapped networks with the outside world, allowing remote attackers to send commands to malware placed inside a target's isolated network.

Google removed — and then reinstated — one of the most popular mobile antivirus apps on the Play Store after security firm Check Point discovered that the app was secretly collecting device data from users' smartphones.

If you received a suspicious-looking email this weekend and aren’t sure about the attachment, it might be wise to send it straight to the trash. According to IT security experts Barracuda Networks, there is currently a widespread ransomware attack in progress…

Equifax’s response to its data breach has been a total shitshow, something the company seems determined to remind us of each and every day.

Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCA) 2017 just took place, with a plethora
of current mobile products and solutions, and some tantalizing glimpses of
future. The projections are for growth, growth, and more growth, either by
equipping the mobile-less…

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