Private Machines is honored to be one of the few technology vendors selected to present at the Bank of America …
Private Machines is on the 2019 NYC Cybersecurity Radar
Private Machines is on the NYC Cybersecurity Radar. https://www.wavestone.com/en/insight/nyc-cybersecurity-startups-radar-2019/
CEO of Private Machines invited to chair 10th Anniversary Edition of ACM Cloud Computing Security (CCSW)
Dr. Radu Sion, Private Machines’ CEO was invited to chair the 10th Anniversary Edition of the ACM Cloud Computing Security …
Private Machines invited to present at Morgan Stanley CTO Innovation Symposium
The CTO Innovation Summit brings together a highly selected set of critical technology vendors with top Morgan Stanley tech decision …
Private Machines’ CEO Dr. Radu Sion is invited to congress to speak about cyber security.
Private Machines CEO, Dr. Radu Sion, Director of Stony Brook University’s National Security Institute (NSI), met with members of Congress …
US Congressional Committee Concludes Encryption Backdoors Won’t Work
“Any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest,” reports a bipartisan committee in the U.S. Congress. https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/12/24/1649258/us-congressional-committee-concludes-encryption-backdoors-wont-work http://betanews.com/2016/12/23/ewg-encryption-report/
FBI Probes FDIC Hack Linked To China’s Military
The FBI is investigating how hackers infiltrated computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for several years beginning in 2010 …
Google Releases Tool To Find Common Crypto Bugs
Google has released a new set of tests it uses to probe cryptographic libraries for vulnerabilities to known attacks. The …
Twitter blocks government ‘spy centers’ from accessing user data
Twitter has blocked federally funded “domestic spy centers” from using a powerful social media monitoring tool after public records revealed …
Yahoo’s billion-user database reportedly sold on the Dark Web for just $300,000
New York Times reports that a billion-user database was sold on the Dark Web last August for $300,000. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/12/16/142233/yahoos-billion-user-database-reportedly-sold-on-the-dark-web-for-just-300000—nyt http://thenextweb.com/security/2016/12/16/yahoos-billion-user-database-reportedly-sold-on-the-dark-web-for-just-300000/
SWIFT Confirms New Cyber Thefts, Hacking Tactics
Cyber attacks targeting the global bank transfer system have succeeded in stealing funds since February’s heist of $81 million from …
Snowden: ‘The Central Problem of the Future’ Is Control of User Data
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey interviewed Edward Snowden via Periscope about the wide world of technology. The NSA whistleblower “discussed the …
‘Theoretical’ Security Flaws In AMD’s Upcoming Zen CPU
The security protocol that governs how virtual machines share data on a host system powered by AMD Zen processors has …
Yahoo Flaw Allows an Attacker To Read Any User’s Emails
Yahoo says it has fixed a severe security vulnerability in its email service that allowed an attacker to read a …
Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell full of security threats
Microsoft’s Windows PowerShell configuration management framework continues to be abused by cyber attackers, according to researchers at Symantec, who have …
85.2 million unique email addresses and usernames from Dailymotion have been stolen
A hacker extracted 85.2 million unique email addresses and usernames from the company’s systems, but about one-in-five accounts — roughly …
Hackers Steal $31 Million at Russia’s Central Bank
The Bank of Russia has confirmed Friday that hackers have stolen 2 billion rubles ($31 million) from correspondent accounts at …
Facebook Stops Collecting WhatsApp User Data in Europe After Government Pressure
Facebook has stopped collecting WhatsApp user data across Europe, bowing to pressure from privacy watchdogs across the continent. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/11/17/1620208/facebook-stops-collecting-whatsapp-user-data-in-europe-after-government-pressure http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/17/13662804/facebook-stops-collecting-whatsapp-data-government-pressure
Internet ‘Mega’ Attacks Are on the Rise
Overall number of DDoS attacks has not risen significantly in 2016, but that the force of these attacks is increasing. …
Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access On Some Linux Systems
A vulnerability in cryptsetup, a utility used to set up encrypted filesystems on Linux distributions, could allow an attacker to …
A $5 Tool Called PoisonTap Can Hack Your Locked Computer In One Minute
A new tool makes it almost trivial for criminals to log onto websites as if they were you, and get …
‘Extreme surveillance’ becomes UK law – most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world
A bill giving the UK intelligence agencies and police the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world has passed …
412 Million AdultFriendFinder Sites Accounts Exposed
Hack Exposes 412 Million Accounts on AdultFriendFinder Sites. “Almost every account password was cracked, thanks to the company’s poor security …
Malware lurking in Amazon, Google and Groupon cloud services
A recent study detected more than 600 cloud repositories hosting malware and other malicious activities on major cloud platforms including …
Dynamic IP address data is now protected personal data under EU law
Europe’s top court has ruled that dynamic IP addresses can constitute “personal data,” just like static IP addresses, affording them …
Most companies don’t scan their cloud services for malware!
A new study from cloud security company Netskope reveals most companies don’t scan their cloud services for malware. The study …
Second Hacker Group Targets SWIFT Users
A second hacking group has sought to rob banks using fraudulent SWIFT messages, cyber security firm Symantec said on Tuesday. …
Yahoo Secretly Scanned Customer Emails For US Intelligence
Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific …
Tim Cook: ‘Encryption is Inherently Great’
Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again defended his company’s hardline approach to security. At Utah Tech Tour event while …
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