SolarWinds Hack – US officially Blames Russian Intel Agency Hackers

By Waqas The US has also revealed that 6 Russian technology firms were involved in developing tools that played a vital role in the SolarWinds hack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SolarWinds Hack - US officially Blames Russian Intel Agency Hackers...

Details of the Cloud Hopper Attacks

Reuters has a long article on the Chinese government APT attack called Cloud Hopper. It was much bigger than originally reported. The hacking campaign, known as "Cloud Hopper," was the subject of a U.S. indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud...

Are Free Societies at a Disadvantage in National Cybersecurity

Jack Goldsmith and Stuart Russell just published an interesting paper, making the case that free and democratic nations are at a structural disadvantage in nation-on-nation cyberattack and defense. From a blog post: It seeks to explain why the United States is struggling to deal with the "soft"...

More industry awards for our portfolio

Wallarm is pleased to have been selected as a finalist in the Cyber Security Startup of the Year and Innovative Product of the Year- Cloud Based categories for the 2018 Cyber Security Awards. The Cyber Security Awards were established in 2014, to reward the best individuals, teams and companies...

Shorting-For-Profit Viable Business Model For Security Community

LAS VEGAS–Justine Bone shook up the security research community last year when she decided to do the unconventional. The CEO of MedSec Holdings teamed with hedge fund company Muddy Waters Capital to short the stock of St. Jude Medical in order to profit from research that revealed life-threatenin...

2 Hackers Win Over 1 Million Air Miles each for Reporting Bugs in United Airlines

Two computer hackers have earned more than 1 Million frequent-flyer miles each from United Airlines for finding and reporting multiple security vulnerabilities in the Airline's website. Olivier Beg, a 19-year-old security researcher from the Netherlands, has earned 1 Million air miles from United...

Win Free Air Miles for Finding Security Flaws in United Airlines

If you are a security researcher and fond of traveling from one conference to another, then United Airlines' bug bounty program would be of great interest for you. United Airlines has launched a new bug bounty program inviting security researchers and bug hunters to report vulnerabilities in its...

U.S. Officials Say Chinese Cyberespionage 'Needs to Stop'

The top cybersecurity officials in the United States on Wednesday said that China is harming the potential for an open Internet through its policies of censorship, and also said the country’s continued cyberespionage operations are damaging the two countries’ relationship. In a piece co-authored ...

Did Apple, RIM and Nokia Help The Indian Government Spy On The U.S.?

Documents purportedly lifted from Indian government servers contain explosive allegations: that leading Western firms including Apple Corp., Research in Motion and Nokia provided the government with secret access to mobile devices their mobile operating systems- access that the Indian government...