Security News > 2016 > December

Actively exploited Firefox, Tor Browser 0-day patched, update now! (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 15:48

Mozilla and the Tor Project have released security updates that fix the Firefox 0-day flaw that was spotted being exploited to de-anonymize Tor Browser users. It is still unknown who started...

Analyzing WeChat (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-01 15:29

Citizen Lab has analyzed how censorship works in the Chinese chat app WeChat: Key Findings: Keyword filtering on WeChat is only enabled for users with accounts registered to mainland China phone...

Europol terrorism investigations data found exposed online (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 14:49

700 pages of confidential dossiers, which included details about terrorism investigations in Europe, have been found exposed on the Internet by the reporters of Dutch TV documentary programme...

What does a Trump presidency mean for cybersecurity? (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 13:15

Cybersecurity played a major role in this year’s election cycle. For the first time in American history, data breaches, email servers and encryption directly influenced who won election to the...

Do you know which data compliance standards apply to your organization? (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 13:00

Despite the explosion in data collection among companies in every sector and the well-documented risks of cyber threats, a new Liaison Technologies survey of nearly 500 US C-level executives and...

Node.js Foundation to oversee the Node.js Security Project (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 12:45

The Node.js Security Project will become a part of the Node.js Foundation, a community-led and industry-backed consortium to advance the development of the Node.js platform. The Node.js Security...

Deutsche Telekom goes drone hunting (Help Net Security)
2016-12-01 12:30

Drone popularity continues to rise rapidly as they become ever cheaper and more powerful. Easy availability and large payloads conspire to increase the potential for dangerous drone misuse –...

Gooligan Malware Breaches 1 Million Google Accounts (Threatpost)
2016-12-01 10:00

The Gooligan Android malware steals Google authentication tokens from mobile devices to breach user and corporate accounts.