Security News > 2016 > February

Dridex Botnet Activity Ramps Up After Holidays (SecurityWeek)
2016-02-02 15:16

Two newly-discovered flaws light fire under IoT security (ZDNet)
2016-02-02 14:46

Severe and unpatched eBay vulnerability allows attackers to distribute malware (Help Net Security)
2016-02-02 14:35

Check Point researchers have discovered a severe vulnerability in eBay's online sales platform, which allows criminals to distribute malware and run phishing campaigns. This vulnerability allows a...

Hackers Could Have Turned Vulnerable Smart Teddy Bear Into Demon Toy (Forbes)
2016-02-02 14:31

Disputed eBay platform vuln poses severe risk to tat bazaar's users (The Register)
2016-02-02 14:31

5 New Rules to Make Escalations More Effective and Efficient (SecurityWeek)
2016-02-02 14:01

Toys Patched Against Flaws That Put Children’s Data, Safety At Risk (Threatpost)
2016-02-02 14:00

Researchers at Rapid7 disclosed details on patched vulnerabilities in the Web APIs of toys from Fisher-Price and hereO that exposed the personal data of children.

US auditors slam Homeland Security's $5.7bn Einstein firewall: But are they missing the point? (ZDNet)
2016-02-02 13:46

Security and privacy issues plague wearable fitness tracking devices (Help Net Security)
2016-02-02 13:41

A new report is describing major security and privacy issues in several leading wearable fitness tracking devices and accompanying mobile applications. The research examined offerings by Apple, Basis,...

Banning encryption is useless when IoT devices can spy on users (Help Net Security)
2016-02-02 13:31

For a while now the US intelligence and law enforcement community has been complaining about the rise of end-to-end encryption, and how it will prevent them from tracking terrorists and other criminal...