MindPoint Group and Trend Micro Help Secure NASA’s Successful Journey to the AWS Cloud

For decades NASA has launched countless successful explorations into space, but just recently took on the mission of launching their data into the cloud, similarly to many other organizations today. With the help of MindPoint Group using Trend Micro Deep Security, powered by XGen™, this was yet...

The Segway miniPRO balance of the car vulnerability research-exploit warning-the black bar safety net

Segway miniPRO Electric balance car presence of a critical security vulnerability, a malicious attacker could exploit the vulnerability may completely control the balance of the car. IOActive latest study found that Segway miniPRO Electric balance of the car in the presence of a critical security...

Q&A: Conducting Cloud-Based Vendor Risk Audits With Qualys SAQ

Third-party security assessments drastically reduce your organization’s risk of suffering a data breach. When carried out properly, these assessments identify poor InfoSec and privacy practices among your vendors, partners, contractors, and other third parties with access to your IT systems and...

Is it Time to Can the CAN-SPAM Act?

Regulators at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC are asking for public comment on the effectiveness of the CAN-SPAM Act, a 14-year-old federal law that seeks to crack down on unsolicited commercial email. Judging from an unscientific survey by this author, the FTC is bound to get an earful...

The Journey to Hijacking a Country’s TLD – The Hidden Risks of Domain Extensions

I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his...

This Week in Security News

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware...

Why Care About Data-Centric Security?

It’s no surprise that data breaches are evolving and becoming increasingly more complex. According to the Verizon 2017 Data Breach Investigation Report, data breaches are “complex affairs often involving some combination of human factors, hardware devices, exploited configurations or malicious...

Save the Internet: FCC Unveils Plan to Rollback Net-Neutrality Rules

After crushing a set of privacy rules on ISPs that restrict them from sharing your online data with third parties without your consent, President Donald Trump's newly appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai has announced the first move in its efforts to kill off Net Neutrality. The US Federal...

Qualys Support for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Cyber Security Guidelines

Reserve Bank of India RBI, India's central banking and monetary authority, points out that the number, frequency, and impact of cyber incidents on Indian banks has increased substantially. Like their peers globally, Indian banks are committed to maintaining customer trust, protecting financial...

Advances in Ad Blocking

Ad blockers represent the largest consumer boycott in human history. They're also an arms race between the blockers and the blocker blockers. This article discusses a new ad-blocking technology that represents another advance in this arms race. I don't think it will "put an end to the ad-blocking...

Why You Need a Database Audit Trail

Your ability to answer very detailed questions about what’s going on in your organization’s databases can make or break a compliance audit or security investigation. Aside from the obvious need for this information in the event of a breach, it’s also important because government, financial, and...

Supply Chain Security: Akamai from a Customer's Risk Perspective

Managing risk is a key aspect of any business. This becomes more complicated when additional parties, such as vendors are brought into the mix. One of the strongest pieces of guidance on managing vendors that customers have brought to Akamai comes from the US Office of the Comptroller of the...

US Senate Just Voted to Let ISPs Sell Your Web Browsing Data Without Permission

The ISPs can now sell certain sensitive data like your browsing history without permission, thanks to the US Senate. The US Senate on Wednesday voted, with 50 Republicans for it and 48 Democrats against, to roll back a set of broadband privacy regulations passed by the Federal Communication...

EasyCom For PHP 4.0.0 - Buffer Overflow (PoC) Exploit

Exploit for windows platform in category dos / poc + Credits: John Page AKA Hyp3rlinX Vendor: ================ easycom-aura.com Product: =========================== EASYCOM AS400 iBMI PHP API EasycomPHP4.0029.iC8im2.exe EASYCOM is the middleware which provides native access to IBMi data and...

[SECURITY] [DLA 785-1] wireless-regdb new upstream version

Package : wireless-regdb Version : 2016.06.10-1deb7u1 This update includes the changes in wireless-regdb 2016.06.10, reflecting changes to radio regulations in many countries and adding information about additional countries. For Debian 7 "Wheezy", the update is available as version...

Debian DLA-785-1 : wireless-regdb new upstream version

This update includes the changes in wireless-regdb 2016.06.10, reflecting changes to radio regulations in many countries and adding information about additional countries. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', the update is available as version 2016.06.10-1deb7u1. For Debian 8 'Jessie', it is available as versi...

IBM Opens Attack Simulation Test Center

CAMBRIDGE, Ma. – IBM cut the ribbon on its new global security headquarters Wednesday that will also serve as command center for its just announced X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services. The centerpiece of the new 153,000-sqft facility is the company’s Cyber Range which IBM bills as...

Lawmakers Asking What ISPs Can Do About DDoS Attacks

IoT botnets and DDoS attacks have prominent lawmakers asking government agencies some probing questions about what can be done. Sen. Mark Warner D-VA on Tuesday sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission—as well as the Federal Trade Commission and Homeland Security—querying among othe...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID25312: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on September 29, 2016

Medium Alert ID: 49076 First Published: 2016 September 30 14:01 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID25312 may contain the following files: Name ...