Akamai Welcomes Girls Who Code

Akamai employees in Cambridge have started to see some new faces around the office for the summer - 20+ high school juniors to be specific! For the fourth consecutive year, Akamai is partnering with Girls Who Code to host a seven-week long summer immersion program dedicated to closing the gender...

LinkedIn: Persistent XSS (unvalidated Open Graph embed) at LinkedIn.com

This report was previously published on Medium.com/@JonathanBouman. Follow me on Twitter or Medium for new reports. F361972 Proof of concept Background In my previous report we learned more about a special type of the persistent XSS attack; the unvalidated oEmbed attack. This attack allows us to...

Akamai CEO Leighton Calls Cybersecurity 'Fantastic Growth Engine'

Akamai CEO and co-founder Tom Leighton discusses the company's cybersecurity and data protection business. He speaks with Caroline Hyde from the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art on Bloomberg Technology. Source: Bloomberg...

HackerOne CEO Talks Bug Bounty Programs at RSA Conference

SAN FRANCISCO – Marten Mickos, HackerOne CEO, catches up with Threatpost at RSA Conference to discuss hot-button issues around modern bounty programs. Topics range from how to design a program to protect consumer privacy and vulnerability disclosure issues. Mickos also reflects on the growing...

The Tenth (& Final) Question Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answer To)

In previous blogs, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. This week covers the final question in the series but does not complete the cybersecurity conversation for CEOs. This should never end. Security must be an ongoing program th...

A week in security (April 02 – April 08)

Last week, we took a look at fake Whatsapp antics, dubious gaming extensions, and a huge Panera bread breach. There was also LockCrypt ransomware to contend with, we had a poke around Linkedin, and we published another Physician, protect thyself blog. Other news Compromised cash register systems...

Privacy Advocates Blast Facebook After Data Scraping Scandal

Privacy advocates are up in arms after CEO Mark Zuckerberg said this week a Facebook reverse search tool may have compromised the data of the social network’s two billion users. The feature in question was designed to enable users to enter a Facebook user’s phone numbers or email addresses into t...

The Sixth Question(s) Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answers To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

Equifax Says 2.4 Million More People Impacted By Massive 2017 Breach

Equifax said that an additional 2.4 million Americans have had their personal data stolen as part of the company’s massive 2017 data breach, including their names and some of their driver’s license information. The additional identified victims bring the total of those implicated in what has beco...

The Fifth Question(s) Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answers To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am taking a deeper dive into each question and breaking them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the type...

February 12, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Luge” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! February 12, 2018 - Headlines Russians penetrated U.S. voter systems, top U.S...

The Fourth Question(s) Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answers To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

January 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NFL” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 22, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Strategic Cyber Ventures...

The Third Question(s) Today’s CEOs Should Ask (& Know the Answers To)

In a previous blog, we discussed Commander’s Intent for CEOs and introduced 10 questions CEOs should be asking their teams. In this blog series, I am going to take a deeper dive into each question and break them down one at a time. We will discuss why CEOs should care about each question and the...

CommuniGatePro 6.2 Missing XIMSS Tag Validation

Exploit Title: CommuniGatePro 6.2 - Missing XIMSS tags validation Date: 02/01/2018 Exploit Author: Boumediene KADDOUR Unit: Algerie Telecom R&D Unit Vendor Homepage: https://www.stalker.com/ Software Link: http://www.stalker.com/ paid product Version: 6.2.x tags by tags and vice versa, ending up...

January 5, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Monopoly” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 5, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Cybersecurity news round-...

A week in security (November 6 – November 12)

After coming out victorious in a case against PUPs, Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski has this to say: We fought for our users and we won. -- Marcin Kleczynski @mkleczynski November 9, 2017 And my, do we feel like champions! You can read more about this here. Last week, we looked into the...

October 31, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Halloween” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 31, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Report: Ransomware Autho...

QSC17 Focuses on Digital Transformation’s Challenges and Opportunities

Qualys Security Conference 2017 finds Qualys rapidly advancing in its ongoing quest to seamlessly and transparently thread security into the fabric of IT environments, and to make it essential for digital transformation. At QSC17, happening this week in Las Vegas, Qualys executives will share how...

October 4, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Nobel Prize” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 4, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Kangaroo Ransomware uses...