State Department Email Breach Hit Hundreds of Staff
Personal info may have been exposed
Month: September 2018
In the Battle Against IoT Threats, AI Is a Key Weapon
New research finds security teams believe that AI and machine learning technologies can close security gaps.
Injunction to Secure Georgia Elections Denied
Plaintiffs lose the battle due to time constraints and shift focus to winning the war.
Former Anonymous Hacker Raises $2.5m for Startup
A cybersecurity startup founded by a convicted Anonymous hacker sees its first major capital raise.
Hackers Say Windows 8 and 10 Easiest Entry Points
A Black Hat survey finds 50% of hackers enter IT systems via Windows 8 and 10.
Convergence is the Key to Future-Proofing Security
I published a new article today on the Oracle Security blog that looks at the benefits of convergence in the security space as the IT landscape grows more disparate and distributed.
Security professionals have too many overlapping products under manag…
Government Payment Service Exposes 14m Records
Names, addresses, phone numbers and card digits could be accessed
FBI Warns Parents of Edtech Security Risk
Data-collection tools could be a target for hackers
Making your own Kali Linux Metapackages
One of the many useful things we can do with APT is create metapackages, which are effectively empty packages that declare a list of other packages as dependencies. Kali Linux includes metapackages for password cracking, software-defined radio, wireles…
Altaba Announces Class Action Settlement of $47m
Plaintiffs and defendants in the Yahoo suit reach a settlement agreement.