The real cause of the talent shortage in the information security field isn’t a lack of new people entering the profession, but retention and churn at the highest levels, according…
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Criminals get better at data exfiltration
By Maria Korolov Enterprises tend to be highly focused on keeping attackers out of their systems, but most of the actual damage happens not when the bad guys first break…
New keychain vulnerability in OSX
By Steve Ragan Compromised passwords delivered via SMS, using code wrapped around harmless files that won’t trigger security warnings Antoine Vincent Jebara and Raja Rahbani, the co-founder and lead engineer…
GPU malware is no reason to panic
Running malicious code inside GPUs leaves detectable traces on computers, researchers concluded. By Lucian Constantin Malware that runs inside GPUs (graphics processing units) can be harder to detect, but is…
Cyberspies Impersonate Security Researcher
‘Rocket Kitten’ pro-Iranian regime hackers focusing more on targeting individuals for geopolitical espionage. Kelly Jackson Higgins A cyber espionage group likely out of Iran turned the tables on a security…
Wi-Fi routers and unpatched security flaws
Attackers could exploit the flaws to hijack DNS requests or completely take over the devices By Lucian Constantin If your Wi-Fi network is using the popular Belkin N600 DB router,…