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• October 26, 2017 26 Oct'17

  Bad Rabbit ransomware attacks planned long ago

  The new Bad Rabbit ransomware spread through Russia and Ukraine, drawing comparisons to NotPetya, and researchers say the attacks were planned for a long time.

• October 26, 2017 26 Oct'17

  Risk & Repeat: Is vulnerability marketing problematic?

  In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss vulnerability marketing and compare how the recent KRACK attack and ROCA flaw were publicized and promoted.

• October 26, 2017 26 Oct'17

  The art of the cyber warranty and guaranteeing protection

  Jeremiah Grossman, chief of security strategy at SentinelOne, talks with SearchSecurity about the science of developing a cyber warranty for threat detection products.

• October 26, 2017 26 Oct'17

  Windows XP patches: Did Microsoft make the right decision?

  Microsoft had to make several tradeoffs when developing patches for Windows XP. Expert Nick Lewis explains what these tradeoffs were and how enterprises should respond.

• October 25, 2017 25 Oct'17

  NSA cyberweapons report follows Kaspersky transparency plan

  A Kaspersky transparency initiative and a full code review of its products are on the way, and a new Kaspersky statement explained how NSA cyberweapons were uploaded to its servers.

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• October 24, 2017 24 Oct'17

  DHS' Dragonfly ICS campaign alert isn't enough, experts say

  The Department of Homeland Security released an alert confirming the Dragonfly ICS cyberattack campaign, but experts said more action is needed to protect critical infrastructure.

• October 20, 2017 20 Oct'17

  Google Play bug bounty hunts RCE vulnerabilities

  A Google Play bug bounty program, run by Google and HackerOne, asks testers to hunt for remote code execution vulnerabilities in some of the top Android apps.

• October 20, 2017 20 Oct'17

  Latest Kaspersky controversy brings new questions, few answers

  The Kaspersky controversy continued this week as the antivirus company responded to several explosive news stories about its relationship with the Russian government.

• October 20, 2017 20 Oct'17

  Advanced Protection Program locks down Google accounts

  Google's Advanced Protection Program greatly increases the security of user accounts, but the usability tradeoffs may not be worth it for average users.

• October 20, 2017 20 Oct'17

  Microsoft mum on 2013 database breach of bug tracking system

  News roundup: Former employees reveal a 2013 database breach exposed Microsoft's bug tracking system, DHS sets new rules for federal agencies on web, email security, and more.

• October 20, 2017 20 Oct'17

  Risk & Repeat: DEFCON tackles voting machine security

  In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss DEFCON's efforts to improve voting machine security in the wake of hacking threats during the 2016 election.

• October 18, 2017 18 Oct'17

  ROCA RSA flaw unveils secret keys on wide range of devices

  Researchers disclosed the ROCA RSA vulnerability as a dangerous flaw in the cryptographic code of Infineon chips that could undermine encryption key security for a number of devices.

• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  KRACK WPA2 flaw might be more hype than risk

  Researchers discover a WPA2 vulnerability and brand it KRACK, but some experts say the early reports overstate the risk of the flaw and downplay the difficulty of an exploit.

• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  Risk & Repeat: Kaspersky antivirus scans implicated in NSA breach

  In this week's Risk & Repeat podcast, SearchSecurity editors discuss reports implicating Kaspersky antivirus scans in the recently disclosed breach at the National Security Agency.

• October 13, 2017 13 Oct'17

  DOJ's 'responsible encryption' is the new 'going dark'

  News roundup: The DOJ calls for 'responsible encryption' to comply with court orders. Plus, there's more bad cybersecurity news for banks, and Accenture data in AWS gets exposed.