• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-05-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Plone dismisses claim that flaw in its CMS was used to hack FBI

The security team behind Plone, a content management system that powers many enterprise websites, has dismissed claims that hackers have access to information about an unpatched critical vulnerability.The dismissal comes after a hacker who uses the online alias CyberZeist published a […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-05-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Spy chief: US should use all tools to counter Russian hacking

The U.S. government should consider a broad range of retaliations against Russia for its attempts to interfere with November’s presidential election, the outgoing director of national intelligence recommended.The default response to cyberattacks shouldn’t necessarily be a cyber one, intelligence director […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-05-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Spy chief: US should use all tools to counter Russian hacking

The U.S. government should consider a broad range of retaliations against Russia for its attempts to interfere with November’s presidential election, the outgoing director of national intelligence recommended.The default response to cyberattacks shouldn’t necessarily be a cyber one, intelligence director […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-04-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on DDoS-for-hire services thrive despite closure of major marketplace

The closure of a major online marketplace for paid distributed denial-of-service attacks appears to have done little to slow down the illegal activity.In late October, HackForums.net shut down its “Server Stress Testing” section, amid concerns that hackers were peddling DDoS-for-hire […]