Security News

HTTPS Bicycle attack reveals password length, allows easier brute-forcing (Help Net Security)
2016-01-07 08:32

Dutch security researcher Guido Vranken has come up with a new attack that could allow attackers to discover the length of a user's password - and therefore make it easier to brute-force it - by analy...

Transcript Collision Attacks: Breaking Authentication in TLS, IKE, and SSH (Reddit)
2016-01-06 17:09

2 million sets of personal records stolen in 2015 Japanese cyber-attacks (SC Magazine)
2016-01-06 15:24

SilentCircle Patches Modem Flaw That Exposes Blackphone to Attack (Threatpost)
2016-01-06 14:41

Silent Circle patched a Blackphone vulnerability, closing an open socket that exposed the mobile device's modem to attack.

How long is your password? HTTPS Bicycle attack reveals that and more (The Register)
2016-01-06 14:39

Linode Resets Customer Passwords After Breach, DDoS Attack (Threatpost)
2016-01-06 13:51

Cloud-based webhost Linode, still under a DDoS attack, reset customer passwords after a suspected breach.

Under-attack Linode resets passwords after logins leak onto web (The Register)
2016-01-05 21:39

Cyber Attacks Allegedly Targeted Power Stations in Ukraine (January 1 and 4, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-01-05 20:09

Sony PSN downed; hacking group claims DDOS attack (SC Magazine)
2016-01-05 18:24

Sony PSN down; hacking group claims DDOS attack (SC Magazine)
2016-01-05 18:09