Security News > 2016 > December

Nintendo offers up to $20,000 for bug info (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 21:05

Video game giant Nintendo has set up a bug bounty program through HackerOne’s platform, and is asking researchers to find and flag vulnerabilities in the Nintendo 3DS family of handheld game...

Former Expedia IT support worker spied on company executives (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 19:16

A computer support technician formerly employed at Expedia offices in San Francisco pleaded guilty to securities fraud. Jonathan Ly, 28, admitted he used his position in tech support at Expedia to...

Flash Exploit Found in Seven Exploit Kits (Threatpost)
2016-12-06 18:58

An Adobe Flash Player vulnerability used by the Sofacy APT gang was also found in seven of the top exploit kits, according to an analysis by Recorded Future.

DailyMotion Hack Leaks Emails, Passwords of 87M Users (Threatpost)
2016-12-06 18:45

The video sharing website DailyMotion admitted early Tuesday that it recently suffered an "external security problem" which resulted in the compromise of its users data.

Dailymotion urges users to reset passwords in wake of possible breach (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 18:32

Breach notification service LeakedSource has added information about over 87 million Dailymotion users to its search index. The information includes 87+ million email addresses, user IDs, and over...

Sony Closes Backdoors in IP-Enabled Cameras (Threatpost)
2016-12-06 16:24

Backdoors, likely intentional remote administration features, were closed off in 80 different Sony IP-enabled cameras running the IPELA Engine technology.

Top 6 breach response best practices for 2017 (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 14:59

Cybercrime costs are expected to rise to $2 trillion by 2018, according to Juniper Research, in large part because the increase in cyber threats is resulting in a surge in data breaches, exposing...

Remote access options for unidirectionally protected networks (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 13:30

In this podcast recorded at IoT Solutions World Congress Barcelona 2016, Andrew Ginter, VP of Industrial Security at Waterfall Security, talks about remote access options for unidirectionally...

Security startup confessions: Customer breach disclosure (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 13:15

My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of European security startup CLTRe, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices startups make when...

BYOD: How to provide secure access to network resources (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 13:00

IT organizations have little or no choice when it comes to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs. Employees want to access the network with their personally owned devices, and in today’s landscape...