Security News > 2016 > May

DMA Locker Ransomware Gets Prepped for Outbreak (SecurityWeek)
2016-05-24 14:54

Google Moving Forward on Automatic Logins (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-24 13:35

Google is trying to bring this to Android developers by the end of the year: Today, secure logins -- like those used by banks or in the enterprise environment -- often require more than just a...

Review: Signal for iOS (Help Net Security)
2016-05-24 13:30

Open Whisper Systems’ Signal is an encrypted voice and text communication application available for Android and iOS. The technology is built upon the organization’s open source Signal Protocol,...

Tips for evolving your office’s security culture (Help Net Security)
2016-05-24 13:15

Changing a corporate security culture, or even just that of your own office or department, can sometimes seem impossible. In general, people don’t like change: they just want to do their jobs...

More hacking and undercover work: Police chiefs answer to strong encryption row (ZDNet)
2016-05-24 13:09

Google wants to kill off passwords for logging into your Android smartphone (ZDNet)
2016-05-24 13:09

Google to kill passwords on Android, replace 'em with 'trust scores' (The Register)
2016-05-24 13:09

Cybercriminals add DDoS component to ransomware payloads (Help Net Security)
2016-05-24 13:00

Instead of just encrypting data files on a workstation (plus any network drive it can find) and locking the machine, a new variant of the Cerber ransomware is now adding a DDoS bot that can...

Japan an alluring target for Standard Bank ATM thieves (Yahoo Security)
2016-05-24 12:54

CIOs are hindered by massive tech skills shortage (Help Net Security)
2016-05-24 12:45

More CIOs report directly to the CEO (34 percent) than at any time in the past decade, rising 10 percent over last year, according to the 2016 Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey. CIOs with a direct...