Palo Alto Networks expands cloud security with RedLock acquisition
Palo Alto Networks announces that it has reached an acquisition agreement with RedLock. The cloud security specialist is recruited by Palo Alto for $173 million.
RedLock specializes in security for customers who work with a public cloud, such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure. The company ha... Read more
New Splunk solutions make detecting cyber attacks easier
Splunk has announced new innovations to its security portfolio to help security teams detect and investigate cyber-attacks more easily and quickly. The solutions have new functions such as security automation, orchestration and response (SOAR), the Use Case Library and Event Sequencing.
The company'... Read more
Researchers find 12.5 million unprotected business mailboxes
More than 12 million email archive files are accessible due to misconfigured rsync, FTP, SMB, S3 bucket and NAS. That's what Digital Shadows says after investigating the methods used by cybercriminals to access business e-mail.
The security company therefore indicates that the malicious parties do n... Read more
The Ministry of Defence is able to repel Russian hacking attempts on OPCW.
The Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) has foiled a hacking operation by the Russian military secret service, the GROe, at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. Four Russian spies were arrested and expelled from the country.
That has just been ... Read more
Americans carry out test with SMS alarm system
Last Wednesday, millions of Americans received something similar to a text message from President Donald Trump. The message was sent at 14:18 as part of a test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, a system maintained by FEMA and the Federal Communications Commissions.
A FEMA representa... Read more
British government: Russian secret service distributed ransomware
The British National Cyber Security Centre reports after investigation that the Russian military secret service - the GROe - is behind a series of cyber attacks. According to the British Government, this is an attempt by the Russian Government to undermine the democratic process of Western countries... Read more
Google Project Zero: slow patches Linux are dangerous for users
The developers of Ubuntu and Debian receive a warning from Googles Project Zero. Project Zero researcher Jann Horn, who found the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, calls on them to update their Linux distros more quickly. Otherwise, users will be exposed to threats for an unnecessarily long time.
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Hackers focus again on developers of Google Chrome extensions
Developers of extensions for Google Chrome are the newest target of hackers. It seems that hackers are trying to get developers to surf to a phishing site, where they can then steal their login details.
The ZDNet site reports this today on the basis of its own research. The hackers want the login c... Read more
American Secret Service: ATMs are being tapped more and more often
The US Secret Service warns banks of a new series of incidents when it comes to ATMs. According to the secret service, more and more ATMs are being tapped. Malicious parties have to follow a number of steps, which can still be quite complicated.
Krebs on Security received a copy of the letter that t... Read more
Researchers find multiple critical vulnerabilities in Atlantis Word Processor
Researchers have found a series of critical vulnerabilities in the Atlantis Word Processor, allowing attackers to execute code. Cisco Talos security researchers wrote last night about the bugs found in Atlantis Word Processor versions 3.0.2.3, 3.2.5.0 and 3.2.6.
The Atlantis Word Processor is softwa... Read more