Cybersecurity

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/biggest-security-threats-coming-2017/ Wired magazine shares it’s view on security threats coming this year. →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/03/android_tops_2016_vuln_list_with_523_bugs/?mt=1483419470366 This article tells how vulnerabilities with CVE numbers were divided in 2016. Adobe and Microsoft were on top, but Google’s Android aimed highest ever. →

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/did-russia-tamper-with-the-2016-election-bitter-debate-likely-to-rage-on/ Released report does not have good solid evidence who was behind the attacks. This article also tells why it is hard to know who is really behind those attacks – it is well possible that hackers faked some of the evidence. Whoever did this, if they wanted to cause disruption and lack of faith, →

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/31/russia-hysteria-infects-washpost-again-false-story-about-hacking-u-s-electric-grid/ →

Washington Post posted a catchy headline: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say Electrical grid can be hacked also in USA – and it was hacked. But this headline is making thing to look more dangerous than what the actual incident was. Also Reuters reported it: Code →

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-worst-hacks-of-2016 →

http://thehackernews.com/2016/12/php-7-update.html?m=1 Newest PHP version has security issues, and so has some older versions. →

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/global-travel-booking-systems-open-to-fraud-and-abuse It seems that flight ticket security has some holes in it. →

Year 2017 will not have any turn towards better data security. The internet is rife with such well-known than the unknown threats. The company’s systems are supposed to be protected.Hackers are going to continue to look for new ways to extort and steal information from businesses and organizations, which unfortunately means those businesses and organizations →

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/were-declaring-war-ransomware-launch-ransomfree-lior-div?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like →