Security News > 2017

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.

Google launches its own Root Certificate Authority (Help Net Security)
2017-01-30 20:13

Google is known for slipping fingers in many pies, so it should not come as a surprise that it has opted for starting its own Root Certificate Authority. With the increased implementation of HTTPS...

Telemarketing Firm Leaks 400,000 Recorded Calls (Threatpost)
2017-01-30 19:22

Credit card data and personal information in the form of recorded telephone sales pitches and sales confirmations were leaked online by telemarketer.