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Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

Despite the uncertainties of the last year, the transformation of the transportation sector forged ahead, dominated by the prevailing trend of CASE (Connected, Autonomous, Shared, Electrified) technologies. Despite small setbacks caused by COVID-19 that impacted the automotive industry at large, analysts predict electric vehicle (EV) demand will continue on its upward trajectory in 2021, driven…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

SolarWinds was recently targeted in a sophisticated supply chain attack that resulted in thousands of organizations receiving malicious updates for the company’s Orion monitoring product, and a few hundred — ones that presented an interest to the attackers — getting other malware that may have given the hackers deep access into their networks. Following the…

Application Security, Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Organizations that want to stay ahead of cybercriminals will find that going beyond user trust and device trust is critical for oThe invention of the term “zero trust” is generally credited to former Forrester analyst John Kindervag more than a decade ago. Although it’s not new, the concept has received renewed interest and market traction…

Network Security

Issued by: CSO

The SolarWinds/Solorigate attacks used some concerning methodologies. One of them has been what is called the Golden SAML attack process. Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) enables the exchange of authentication and authorization information between trusted parties. The Golden SAML technique allows attackers to generate their own SAML response to gain access or control. To do…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Help Net Security

As part of its crowdsourced security program, Zoom has recently increased the maximum payout for vulnerabilities to $50,000. Such figures make great headlines and attract new talent in search of the big bucks, but here is a question that begs to be answered: how much is a vulnerability worth? I have previously found several bugs…

Software Security

Issued by: Help Net Security

The retail and hospitality sector is fixing software flaws at a faster rate than five other sectors, a Veracode analysis of more than 130,000 applications reveals. The ability to find and fix potential security defects quickly is a necessity, particularly in an industry that requires rapid response to changing customer demands. Retail and hospitality also…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

The study released Monday by the security firm Emsisoft said ransomware attacks — which encrypt and disable computer systems while demanding a ransom — affected 113 federal, state and municipal governments, 560 health facilities and 1,681 schools, colleges and universities last year. “The attacks caused significant, and sometimes life-threatening, disruption: ambulances carrying emergency patients had…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

WhatsApp has been in the news recently after changes to its privacy policy caused a surge of interest in rival messaging app Signal. Initial reports may have worried a lot of folks, leading to inevitable clarifications and corrections. But what, you may ask, actually happened? Is there a problem? Are you at risk? Or should…

Application Security

Issued by: Security Week

Facebook Takes Legal Action Against Data Scrapers

In a lawsuit filed in Portugal, Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland seek permanent injunction against the two for violation of the social media platform’s terms of service and Portugal’s Database Protection Law. The social media giant says that the two created browser extensions that they made available for download through the Chrome Web Store. The…