June

Section 215 of the Patriot Act expired last night (Help Net Security)

2015-06-01 15:01

A small, perhaps temporary, but important victory has been won by privacy advocates today, as the US Senate has allowed three sections of the USA PATRIOT Act to expire. Among these is the infamous ...

#security

Firmware Bug in OSX Could Allow Installation of Low-Level Rootkits (Threatpost)

2015-06-01 14:12

There is a vulnerability buried deep in the firmware of many Apple laptops that could allow an attacker to overwrite the machine’s BIOS and install a rootkit, gaining complete control of the Mac....

#firmware #threatpost

Canadian National Railway CIO's First 100 Days Setting The Path To The Internet Of Things (Forbes)

2015-06-01 14:11

#canadian #CIO #internet #internetofthings

Looking into a short campaign delivering CryptoWall via Magnitude Exploit Kit (Reddit)

2015-06-01 14:11

#exploitkit #cryptowall #exploit #reddit

Hola CEO: The recent events on the Hola network (Reddit)

2015-06-01 14:11

#CEO #reddit

Alleged Author of Locker Ransomware Publishes Decryption Keys (SecurityWeek)

2015-06-01 14:11

#securityweek #ransomware #decryption

Check Out Your Top 10 Discussions! (IT Toolbox Blogs)

2015-06-01 14:11

Facebook introduces end-to-end encryption for notifications (Help Net Security)

2015-06-01 13:32

Facebook is testing out an experimental new feature that will enable people to add OpenPGP public keys to their profile, and gives users the option of receiving notification emails sent from Facebook ...

#facebook #encryption #security

Hacking EDUP SmartSockets Series (Reddit)

2015-06-01 13:11

#series #hacking #reddit

Cyphort Raises $30 Million to Expand Threat Detection Business (SecurityWeek)

2015-06-01 13:11

#securityweek #threat