
Security

Cybersecurity has been a challenge from the beginning of IT and it will be until the end. It all started with endpoint and network security, but today we are also dealing with cloud security and training our employees to incorporate good security practices. All these new technologies that help us innovate also help cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers get new tools that they can use to access our systems and, in the worst cases, gain access to our most valuable data and trade secrets. Moreover, with new legislation such as GDPR, you have to make sure everything is secure or you will not only lose your reputation, but you could also be fined by the government. In short, protecting IT environments is more important than ever.
Timeline

Phishing tool bypassing two-step verification in Gmail posted on GitHub
A security researcher has published a tool that can bypass various two-step verifications commonly used on pla...

“Kaspersky gave a tip on thief of NSA data and tools.
Harold T. Martin III is said to have collected data from the NSA classified as 'secret' or 'top secret' for ma...

20-year-old student confesses to hacking German politicians and journalists
A 20-year-old student has confessed to being guilty of one of the biggest data breaches in Germany, reports Re...

Sophos acquires cloud security company Avid Secure
Security company Sophos has announced that it has taken over the startup Avid Secure. Avid Secure is a startup...

New cyber attack infects victims with trojan and ransomware
Cybercriminals have launched a cyber attack that secretly infiltrates systems with malware that steals data. T...

Akamai acquires identity management company Janrain
2019 has barely begun, but security and content delivery specialist Akamai has already taken a first step. Aka...

NSA makes reverse-engineering tool GHIDRA open source
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) plans to create a framework for the reverse engineering of popular ope...

Vulnerability in Skype makes bypassing lock screen Android possible
There was a bug in Skype that made it easy to bypass Android security. It's the combination of bad design and ...

Trend Micro finds connection between Emotet, Ursnif, Dridex and BitPaymer malware families
Trend Micro researchers have found a connection between four malware families, suggesting that the families ar...

Password manager leaks data to millions of users after wrong cloud configuration
Abine, the company behind Blur's password manager and DeleteMe's online privacy protection service, has reveal...