Security News > 2016 > May

Identifying People from their Driving Patterns (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-30 15:10

People can be identified from their "driver fingerprint": ...a group of researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California at San Diego found that they could...

Payment Application Data Security Standard 3.2 released (Help Net Security)
2016-05-30 13:30

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published a new version of its data security standard for payment software, the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) version 3.2. The...

Five tips to avoid getting hit by ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-05-30 13:15

Ransomware has emerged as the predominant online security threat to home users and small businesses. Delivered through spam or phishing emails that trick users into clicking on malicious links,...

SANS maps SAP cybersecurity to the CIS Critical Security Controls list (Help Net Security)
2016-05-30 13:00

The CIS Critical Security Controls are a set of internationally recognized standards outlining the most important cyber hygiene actions that every organization should implement to protect their IT...

Growing advanced threats will augment the IT security market through 2020 (Help Net Security)
2016-05-30 12:45

Research analysts are forecasting positive growth for many segments of the global IT security market over the next four years as several markets including BYOD security, mobile payment security...