Security News

Inexpensive Webcam Turned into Backdoor (Threatpost)
2016-01-12 15:39

Researchers at Vectra Networks describe an attack against an inexpensive webcam and how they were able to turn it into a network backdoor.

Juniper to kill off Dual_EC RNG in ScreenOS following new backdoor revelations (Help Net Security)
2016-01-11 15:09

Juniper will finally(!) replace the Dual_EC pseudo-random number generator in ScreenOS with the same random number generation technology currently used in its products running Junos OS. At the same ti...

Most IT pros oppose government backdoor access (Help Net Security)
2016-01-11 13:00

Close to two-thirds of global IT professionals oppose giving governments backdoor access to encrypted information systems, and 59% feel that privacy is being compromised in an effort to implement stro...