Security News > 2016 > February

Briefs: Company news, February 2016 (SC Magazine)
2016-02-03 10:01

WordPress 4.4.2 Patches Open Redirect, SSRF Flaws (SecurityWeek)
2016-02-03 09:46

Security flaws discovered in smart toys and kids' watches (Help Net Security)
2016-02-03 09:28

Rapid7 researchers have unearthed serious flaws in two Internet of Things devices:The Fisher-Price Smart Toy, a "stuffed animal" type of toy that can interact with children and can be monitored via a ...

What can you live without? (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2016-02-03 09:16

Pentagon can't check F-35 maintenance thanks to insecure database (The Register)
2016-02-03 08:31

Revelation of security bugs jumpstarts launch of Malwarebytes' bug bounty program (Help Net Security)
2016-02-03 08:26

Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski has announced that the company has launched a bug bounty program in an effort to make its software more secure. "The Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure program ...

Internet idiots make hoax bomb threats to UK, Aus, French schools (The Register)
2016-02-03 08:01

Europe wants end to anonymous Bitcoin transactions (The Register)
2016-02-03 07:46

EU-US Privacy Shield: New framework for transatlantic data flows (Help Net Security)
2016-02-03 07:30

The European Commission and the United States have agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows: the EU-US Privacy Shield. The College of Commissioners approved the political agreement re...

Google plugs five critical Android vulnerabilities (Help Net Security)
2016-02-03 07:00

Google has plugged nine Android security holes with its February Nexus security update. Of these, five are critical, four of high and one of moderate severity. Here's the complete list: "The m...