In-brief: Security Ledger sat down with Dell’s CISO Alan Daines last Friday for a conversation about managing risk in one of the world’s largest technology firms. You can check out the video of our conversation now.
Tag: vulnerabilities
Unpatched Vulnerabilities Common on Docker Hub Images
In-brief: A survey out from the firm Banyan finds that official and general repositories on Docker Hub are rife with serious and exploitable software vulnerabilities, including Heartbleed, Shellshock and Poodle.
Clueless Clause: Insurer Cites Lax Security in Challenge to Cottage Health Claim
In-brief: In what may become a trend, an insurance company is denying a claim from a California healthcare provider following the leak of data on more than 32,000 patients. The insurer, Columbia Casualty, charges that Cottage Health System did an inadequate job of protecting patient data.
Mobilizing SQL Injection Attacks: Same Pig, New Lipstick?
In-brief: New research from Akamai suggests that attackers are using new methods to carry out and cover up for malicious attacks, among them: harnessing harmless mobile carrier networks to carry out attacks such as SQL injection.
IEEE Proposes Standards For Safe, Connected Health Products
In-brief: a new publication by IEEE lays out a “building code” for medical device makers to help address security and privacy issues in products.
