Security News > 2017 > May

Prague - A Czech court on Tuesday ruled Prague can extradite a Russian citizen sought by the US for alleged cyberattacks on social networks and also by his native Russia on fraud charges. read more

A FreeRADIUS update released on Friday patches a potentially serious vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass authentication to the server. Developers have known about the flaw for months,...

New data released by security company Kryptos Logic reveals that China and the United States were affected the most by the WannaCry outbreak over the past weeks. read more

The recent WannaCry outbreak is still a mystery. We know what (ransomware), and how (a Windows vulnerability on unsupported or unpatched systems); but we don't know who or why. We're not short of...

The ShadowBrokers announced details on how to subscribe to its Monthly Dump Service, which is available for 100 Zcash.

A vulnerability in the free, open source FreeRADIUS server could be exploited by remote attackers to bypass authentication via PEAP or TTLS. There is currently no indication that the flaw is being...

Due to their computing power, quantum computers have the disruptive potential to break various currently used encryption algorithms. Infineon Technologies has successfully demonstrated the first...

Dozens of Android applications distributed via the Google Play store have exposed up to 36.5 million users to an auto-clicking adware, Check Point security researchers reveal. read more

Tom Kellermann on How Nation State Actors Are Changing the Threat LandscapeCyber-intelligence expert Tom Kellermann sees a growing hostility in cyberspace, and he fears a new wave of advanced...

In what appears to be yet another effort to encourage site owners to adopt HTTPS, Google is marking newly registered sites that serve login pages or password input fields over HTTP as unsafe,...