Security News > 2015 > August

Does your mobile carrier track you online? (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 11:40

At least nine mobile carriers around the world are using "supercookies" to track users' web browsing, a study by human rights organization Access has shown. Supercookies are special tracking header...

Solving the third-party risk management puzzle for PCI (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 11:35

One of the main PCI compliance challenges for businesses is how to accurately document and monitor the payment data and personal information they hold and share with third parties. The complexity of s...

Uber to Quadruple Security Staff by 2016 (Threatpost)
2015-08-18 11:00

Ride-sharing company Uber, which has already battled a database compromise and hackers selling stolen accounts this year, announced over the weekend that it will bulk up its security division.

Researcher releases exploit for OS X 0-day that gives root access (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 10:27

Italian security researcher Luca Todesco has published PoC exploit code for a newly discovered zero-day privilege escalation flaw affecting OS X Yosemite (v10.10) and Mavericks (v10.9). Symantec e...

How to sabotage DDoS-for-hire services? (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 07:45

We all know the damage that DDoS-for-hire services can inflict on websites and organizations behind them. What is less known is that a simple move like making PayPal seize the accounts through whic...

IBM is betting big on open source in the enterprise (Help Net Security)
2015-08-18 07:41

IBM launched LinuxONE, a new portfolio of hardware, software and services solutions, providing two distinct Linux systems for large enterprises and mid-size businesses. The system is capable of a...