Security News > 2016 > May

The Fallibility of DNA Evidence (Schneier on Security)
2016-05-31 18:04

This is a good summary article on the fallibility of DNA evidence. Most interesting to me are the parts on the proprietary algorithms used in DNA matching: William Thompson points out that Perlin...

Millions of Stolen MySpace, Tumblr Credentials Being Sold Online (Threatpost)
2016-05-31 17:37

Hackers are selling roughly 427 million passwords belonging to users of MySpace along with information on 65 million Tumblr users.

Hackers Find Bugs, Extort Ransom and Call it a Public Service (Threatpost)
2016-05-31 16:35

Crooks breaking into enterprise networks are holding data they steal for ransom under the guise they are doing the company a favor exposing a flaw.