Security

Drugs, guns, and hitmen more common on dark web than religious extremism

Drugs, hitmen, and money laundering are among the trove of iffy material on the dark web, a research group has found. Surprisingly sparse was extremist religious propaganda.

SAP slaps patch on leaky factory software

A flaw in SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (xMII) allows attackers to extract information without authorization

Let’s encrypt – but let’s also decrypt and inspect SSL traffic for threats

You need a dedicated SSL inspection platform to eliminate the blind spot in your defenses

Microsoft fixes 36 flaws in IE, Edge, Office, Windows, .NET Framework

February’s Patch Tuesday brought 12 security bulletins, five of which Microsoft rated critical

IBM’s X-Force team hacks into smart building

As buildings get smarter and increasingly connected to the Internet, they become targets

Obama’s cybersecurity agenda bold, but relies on untested funding, experts say

The IT Modernization fund has important goals that won’t be reached until well after the current administration expires.

US regulator coming around to view that a Google computer could qualify as car driver

The NHTSA is evaluating a proposal from Google

Putting the cloud on a diet, for security’s sake

The cloud is suffering from bloat that makes it more prone to security issues. It's time to trim some of the fat.

iOS VPNs: Which option is best for your enterprise?

Java-based Trojan was used to attack over 400,000 systems

The Adwind/AlienSpy RAT is back in action as the JSocket malware-as-a-service platform