Security News

CRIME, TIME, BREACH and HEIST: A brief history of compression oracle attacks on HTTPS (Help Net Security)
2016-08-11 16:00

The HEIST vulnerability was presented at Black Hat USA 2016 by Mathy Vanhoef and Tom Van Goethem. In this presentation, new techniques were presented that enhanced previously presented padding...

Trump Comments Straddle Line of Soliciting Computer Crime (Threatpost)
2016-07-27 20:03

Donald Trump may have left himself an out today when he urged Russian hackers to find 30,000 emails deleted by Hillary Clinton from her private server.

Visiting a Website against the Owner's Wishes Is Now a Federal Crime (Schneier on Security)
2016-07-13 19:10

While we're on the subject of terrible 9th Circuit Court rulings: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has handed down a very important decision on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.......

Password Sharing Is Now a Crime (Schneier on Security)
2016-07-13 16:07

In a truly terrible ruling, the US 9th Circuit Court ruled that using someone else's password with their permission but without the permission of the site owner is a federal crime. The argument...

UK: Cybercrime now bigger threat than traditional crime (Help Net Security)
2016-07-11 13:00

The accelerating pace of technology and criminal cyber capability currently outpaces the UK’s collective response to cybercrime, calling for stronger collaborative working between government, law...