Security News > 2017 > May

Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2017)
2017-05-25 19:30

I'm in Cambridge University, at the tenth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. SHB is a small invitational gathering of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized...

Keybase Extension Brings End-to-End Encrypted Chat To Twitter, Reddit, GitHub (Threatpost)
2017-05-25 18:43

A recently released extension for Chrome, developed by the public key crypto database Keybase, brought end-to-end encrypted messaging to several apps this week.

Revised Active Defense Bill Allows Victims to Recover or Destroy Stolen Data (Threatpost)
2017-05-25 18:14

Rep. Tom Graves has revised a draft of the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act with new provisions that include mandatory notification and permission to recovery or destroy stolen data on the...

WannaCry Ransom Note Written by Chinese, English Speaking Authors (Threatpost)
2017-05-25 17:00

A linguistics analysis of the 28 ransom notes included with WannaCry indicate that native Chinese and English speakers wrote the original note, Flashpoint said.

Samba Patches Wormable Bug Exploitable With One Line Of Code (Threatpost)
2017-05-25 16:20

The Samba Team has patched a severe bug that leaves computers vulnerable to wormable exploit.