Security News > 2017

Massive Twitter Botnet Dormant Since 2013 (Threatpost)
2017-01-23 13:52

Researchers from the University College London have found a Twitter botnet of 350,000 bots that has been dormant since shortly after the accounts were registered.

Infosec certification and the talent shortage crisis (Help Net Security)
2017-01-23 13:00

As more enterprises aspire to create future workspaces and harness the benefits of a mobile workforce that leverages cloud platforms, there’s a greater need to implement appropriate measures to...

Obama's Legacy in Internet Security (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-23 12:55

NextGov has a nice article summarizing President Obama's accomplishments in Internet security: what he did, what he didn't do, and how it turned out....

Security management outlook: Five trends to watch (Help Net Security)
2017-01-23 12:45

Cybersecurity can’t sit still. As we look ahead to what this year has in store for the security management landscape, organizations globally should be paying attention to five key trends. 1....

Global data privacy laws: The #1 cross-border e-discovery challenge (Help Net Security)
2017-01-23 12:30

In the year since the EU’s rejection of Safe Harbor, there has been a spike in legal concern over cross-border data transfers, according to a survey by BDO Consulting. Sixty percent of corporate...

Week in review: Kali Linux certification, cross-browser fingerprinting, most common passwords of 2016 (Help Net Security)
2017-01-22 15:07

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Fruitfly: Unusual Mac backdoor used for tightly targeted attacks? The malware – detected as OSX.Backdoor.Quimitchin by...

Mozilla’s First Internet Health Report Tackles Security, Privacy (Threatpost)
2017-01-21 14:00

Mozilla released its first Internet Health Report, examining the dangers of over-sharing eroding privacy, and the security of connected devices.

Friday Squid Blogging: Know Your Cephalopods (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-20 22:19

This graphic shows the important difference between arms and tentacles. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....

Meitu photo retouching app may be invading your privacy (Help Net Security)
2017-01-20 20:46

Have you heard about Meitu, the photo retouching mobile app that turns people into more cutesy or beautiful versions of themselves? Chances are that even if you don’t know the app’s name, you’ve...

Coalition of Cryptographers, Researchers Urge Guardian to Retract WhatsApp Story (Threatpost)
2017-01-20 20:31

A coalition of researchers and cryptographers are urging the Guardian to retract a story it published last week which suggested the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp contained a backdoor.