January 27, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: GDPR Fines Imposed Total €114M Thus Far

3 min read - A survey found that regulators have thus far imposed 114 million euros in fines for a variety of GDPR infringements including data breaches. Learn what else happened last week in security news.

March 6, 2019

Attack Campaign Using Fake Browser Updates to Deliver Ransomware and Banking Malware

2 min read - Researchers observed an attack campaign distributing fake browser updates to infect website visitors with ransomware and banking malware.

Application Security October 30, 2018

How SEO Poisoning Campaigns Are Mounting a Comeback

3 min read - SEO poisoning is on the rise again. How do threat actors use search engine results to drive victims to malicious sites, and what can users do to protect themselves?

September 28, 2018

Partnerstroka Tech Support Scam Preys on Users With New Browser Locking Tactic

2 min read - Researchers discovered a large tech support scam operation called Partnerstroka that preyed on unsuspecting users with an innovative browser locking technique.

May 17, 2018

More Than Half of Risk Assessments Spot Attempts to Bypass Security

2 min read - According to a recent insider threat report, 60 percent of risk assessments identified users who tried to bypass their employer's security measures using private or anonymous browsing.

Application Security March 23, 2018

An Introduction to HTTP Response Headers for Security

3 min read - HTTP response headers aim to help protect web applications from cross-site scripting (XSS), man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, clickjacking, cross-site request forgery and other threat vectors.

March 19, 2018

Websites Replace Digital Certificates as Browsers Set Deadlines to Revoke Trust

2 min read - One of the largest certificate authorities announced that the vast majority of the top 1 million websites had replaced the digital certificates major browsers plan to phase out in the coming months.

March 1, 2018

Researchers Propose System That Enforces Private Web Browsing

2 min read - Researchers from MIT and Harvard University developed a system to enforce private browsing protections without any help from the user's web browser.

February 13, 2018

Thousands of Websites Load Cryptocurrency Miner After Cybercriminals Compromise Third-Party Library

2 min read - Cybercriminals altered Texthelp's Browsealoud web screen reader to install a cryptocurrency miner on many high-profile websites, including government sites in the U.S. and U.K.

February 9, 2018

Cybercriminals Turn the Tables on Encryption to Develop New Cybersecurity Threats

2 min read - Malicious actors are now turning the tables on encryption and leveraging SSL connections to create new cybersecurity threats that subvert detection tools.