Black Hat may be the benchmark signaling the end of security nihilism and snark, and a re-prioritization of energy toward the greater good.

Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act would mandate stringent security for connected devices sold to the federal government.

Amazon said it will halt sale of popular low-cost Android phones made by Blu Products because of reports software on the phone is collecting and sharing user data without owner consent.

Anthem last week began notifying 18,000 members affected by a data breach unrelated to 2015’s.

Pharmaceutical kingpin Merck reported that operational disruptions continue more than a month after the NotPetya wiper malware attacks.

Makers of Copyfish OCR software get taken on wild ride after code for its Chrome extension is stolen.

At Black Hat last week, an add-on Windows driver and filesystem called ShieldFS was unveiled that detects ransomware and recovers files.

Hackers at DEF CON last week exploited vulnerabilities in electronic pollbooks and voting machines with ease.

The authors behind the Android banking malware family Svpeng have added a keylogger to a recent strain, giving attackers yet another way to steal sensitive data.

Microsoft patched three new Outlook vulnerabilities and re-released updates from a broken June update.