LAS VEGAS—Gunter Ollmann, CSO at Vectra networks, talks to Mike Mimoso at Black Hat about ransomware as a prototype for malware going forward, as well as the long-term future of exploit kits and whether IoT is something that can be secured sooner rather than later. Download: Gunter_Ollman_on_Ransomware_Exploit_Kits_and_IoT.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves

Networked printers have always posed an interesting attack vector, mostly for academics looking for vulnerabilities, and vandals sending garbage to the print bin. Microsoft, today, however patched a legitimate vulnerability that an attacker could abuse to attack corporate and home networks. MS16-087, one of a half-dozen critical security bulletins published today by Microsoft, patches a...

Connecting a webcam to your home or office network might seem like a harmless thing, but researchers have figured out how to turn that connected device into a backdoor. Researchers at Vectra Networks today released a report demonstrating how a $30 D-Link webcam can be abused by attackers and turned into a medium for sending...