The security industry has the perfect skillset and adversarial defense outlook to deal with some of the emerging societal issues in today’s world, said security technologist Bruce Schneier.
Patrick Wardle talks about the biggest threats he’s seeing impacting Apple devices.
The federal agency plans a slew of initiatives to address industrial control security this year.
An automated Google warning to Android app developers regarding mobile app permissions has cut the number of requests in half.
CEO Mary T. Barra addressed the high stakes in rolling out self-driving cars and biometric-enhanced vehicles, where one cyber-event could derail plans for emerging automotive technologies.
From vacuum cleaners to baby monitors, the IoT landscape continues to be plagued by concerning security issues that lead to privacy threats.
The Kr00k bug arises from an all-zero encryption key in Wi-Fi chips that reveals communications from devices from Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung and others.
A popular baby monitor has been found riddled with vulnerabilities that give attackers full access to personal information and sensitive video footage.
When it comes to machine learning, research and cybercriminal activity is full speed ahead – but legal policy has not yet caught up.
From data privacy to industrial IoT cybersecurity concerns, Threatpost editors discuss the top stories they expect to see at this year’s RSA Conference, which kicks off next week in San Francisco.
Top stories of this week include a new Emotet Wi-Fi hack and Robbinhood ransomware operators using a “bring your own bug” technique.
Katie Moussouris sounds off on the challenges behind creating successful bug bounty programs.
The researcher behind the five critical Cisco flaws, collectively called CDPwn, talks about why Layer 2 protocols are under-researched when it comes to security vulnerabilities.
The recently disclosed Jeff Bezos phone hack and other incidents show that mobile devices are being increasingly targeted by sophisticated nation-state attackers.
A newly discovered threat actor named Vivin is raking in Monero from cryptomining malware, showing that this type of attack isn’t going away anytime soon.
Are publicly-released PoC exploits good or bad? Why is the Joker malware giving Google a headache? The Threatpost team discusses all this and more in this week’s news wrap.
Threatpost talks to Venafi about the recently-disclosed Microsoft vulnerability and whether the hype around the flaw was warranted.
The California Consumer Privacy Act has been adopted, but the largest U.S. privacy regulation fails to address how companies can know where their data is.
Patrick Wardle talks about the biggest threats he’s seeing impacting Apple devices.
From vacuum cleaners to baby monitors, the IoT landscape continues to be plagued by concerning security issues that lead to privacy threats.
Lior Frenkel, CEO and co-founder of Waterfall Security, discusses the top cybersecurity threats that are facing the industrial, manufacturing and critical infrastructure industries.
Maya Horowitz with Check Point Research discussed recently-disclosed Zoom vulnerabilities that could have opened up web conferencing meetings to hackers.
Threatpost talks to Anthony di Bello with OpenText, at ENFUSE 2019, about the successes and failures of security regulations, and how companies are changing as they struggle to keep up with compliance issues.
In this video, a security expert discusses the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and its potential impact on privacy regulation across the U.S.
A detailed look at underground forums shows that cybercriminals aren’t sure where to look on the heels of the GandCrab ransomware group shutting its doors – and low-level actors are taking advantage of that by developing their own strains.
From insecure voting machines to social media misinformation, governments have alot to think about when it comes to securing elections.
A kid’s tablet with security vulnerabilities is only the latest privacy faux pas in a children’s connected device.
Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise.
Cybercrime increasingly went mobile in 2019, with everything from Apple iPhone jailbreaks and rogue Android apps to 5G and mobile-first phishing dominating the news coverage. Here are Threatpost’s Top 10 mobile security stories of 2019.
2019 was a tumultuous year for Facebook as it continued to grapple with privacy fallout after Cambridge Analytica, as well as dealing with a slew of security challenges.
2019 was another banner year for bots, trojans, RATS and ransomware. Let’s take a look back.
From more widescale, powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to privacy issues in children’s connected toys, here are the top IoT disasters in 2019.
Here are 10 top malware trends to watch for in the New Year.
The top cybersecurity and privacy trends that biggest impact in 2018.
What are the top cyber trends to watch out for in 2019? Here’s what we’re hearing.
A look back at the blizzard of breaches that made up 2018.
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