Security News

45% of large British businesses sustained a successful ransomware attack (Help Net Security)
2017-04-05 12:30

Over a third of British businesses (36 percent) are not very confident that efforts to completely eradicate a recent ransomware attack from work systems have been successful. The research, carried...

Clever Physical ATM Attack (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-05 11:29

This is an interesting combination of computer and physical attack: Researchers from the Russian security firm Kaspersky on Monday detailed a new ATM-emptying attack, one that mixes digital savvy...

Acoustic Attack Against Accelerometers (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-04 11:23

Interesting acoustic attack against the MEMS accelerometers in devices like FitBits. Millions of accelerometers reside inside smartphones, automobiles, medical devices, anti-theft devices, drones,...

Fake SEO Plugin Used In WordPress Malware Attacks (Threatpost)
2017-04-03 16:29

Malware that passes itself off as a WordPress SEO plugin has been infecting sites and opening a backdoor for hackers on thousands of sites.