SECTOR CONFERENCE — Attackers scan the Internet for vulnerable servers and software. Security firms and universities often scan for open ports and misconfigurations. One security firm is now scanning ...

Researchers scanning the internet for vulnerable embedded devices have found nearly 21,000 routers, webcams and VoIP products open to remote attack. Their administrative interfaces are viewable from ...

IT managers were already busy finding and fixing security holes in their networks when the Blaster worm sparked a new sense of urgency. The good news is, there is no shortage of tools to help with the ...

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An Internet scan of the IPv4 address space uncovered more than 100 critical facilities exposed to the public Internet, including hydropower plants in Germany and Italy. An Internet scan of the IPv4 ...

A malware program called Mirai was quickly blamed for the massive hack in October that took down Twitter, Spotify, and scores of other websites, but a new security tool enables anybody to see if their ...

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads the country's cyber security mission, is now scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the UK for ...

HD Moore, in collaboration with the University of Michigan, has kicked off Project Sonar, a repository Internet scan data. Moore hopes to crowdsource additional analysis of the data looking for ...

Let’s face it: Network vulnerabilities are rampant, worm writers are looking for the next server application to exploit, and malicious hackers are breaching the moat and climbing up the castle’s walls ...

Normally we all have antivirus software on our computers to protect our data files from malware. We have been taught not to open attachments from unknown email addresses. But what if you want to get a ...