Security News

Researchers mount cyber attacks against surgery robot (Help Net Security)
2015-04-28 14:50

A group of researchers from University of Washington have tested the security of a teleoperated robotic surgery system created by their colleagues, and have found it severely lacking. "Teleoperated...

NSA veteran chief fears crippling cyber-attack on Western energy infrastructure
2015-04-27 16:01

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11563746/NSA-veteran-chief-fears-crippling-cyber-attack-on-Western-energy-infrastructure.html By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Houston...

Successful POS attacks are the result of poor security, researchers find (Help Net Security)
2015-04-27 11:57

Most data breaches involving payment card information - and there have been too many in the last two years - can be traced back to a lack of implementation of security measures. Most breaches invol...

How Google saw the DDoS attack against Github and GreatFire (Help Net Security)
2015-04-27 10:37

The recent DDoS attacks aimed at GreatFire, a website that exposes China's internet censorship efforts and helps users get access to their mirror-sites, and GitHub, the world's largest code hosting se...