Security News > 2015 > August

Privileged accounts are still easy to compromise (Help Net Security)
2015-08-17 12:00

A Thycotic survey of 201 Black Hat USA 2015 attendees found that a majority (75%) have not seen a fundamental change in the level of difficulty in compromising privileged account credentials, despite ...

BitTorrent clients can be made to participate in high-volume DoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-08-17 10:22

A group of researchers have discovered a new type of DoS attack that can be pulled off by a single attacker exploiting weaknesses in the BitTorrent protocol family. The weaknesses in the Micro Tran...

Event:  HITB GSEC Singapore (Help Net Security)
2015-08-17 09:42

HITB GSEC Singapore is a three-day security conference where attendees get to vote on the final agenda and are introduced to speakers and each other based on the votes they cast.

Google plugs Google Admin app sandbox bypass 0-day (Help Net Security)
2015-08-17 09:15

After having had some trouble with fixing a sandbox bypass vulnerability in the Google Admin Android app, the Google Security team has finally released on Friday an update that plugs the hole. Goog...

Maintaining security during your healthcare merger or acquisition (Help Net Security)
2015-08-17 07:06

With continuous changes in the information security landscape and high profile breaches being announced on a seemingly weekly basis, healthcare providers need to ensure they are properly securing prot...

Cloud security without borders (Help Net Security)
2015-08-17 07:00

The cloud's growing prevalence is drastically changing the way we do business and conduct our daily lives. As the digital exchange of business and personal information increases, data security and pri...