Security News > 2017 > January

Hundreds of Thousands of Netgear Routers Vulnerable to Password Bypass (Threatpost)
2017-01-30 21:48

Hundreds of thousands–potentially more than one million–Netgear routers are susceptible to a pair of vulnerabilities that can lead to password disclosure.

Picky ransomware targets specific subset of would-be Netflix users (Help Net Security)
2017-01-30 21:40

Aspiring Netflix users who don’t want to actually pay for the popular video on demand service are being targeted with a new type of ransomware. Detected as Netix by Trend Micro, the ransomware is...

Facebook Tackles Account Recovery with Delegated Recovery Protocol (Threatpost)
2017-01-30 20:56

Facebook's Delegated Recovery delegates account-recovery permissions to third-party accounts controlled by the user. GitHub is the program's first partner.