Security News

Crypto Agility: Its Importance to IoT
2018-04-23 21:18

Ted Shorter of CSS on the Need to Update Cryptographic KeysWhat is crypto agility, and why is it so important to IoT? Ted Shorter of Certified Security Solutions offers an explanation.

Crypto boffins: Facebook is like Exxon. Everyone needs it, everyone despises it
2018-04-17 19:52

Panel tackles the big stories of the year RSA 2018 Speaking at the 2018 RSA conference, a board of some of the most respected names in security spoke on Tuesday and were scathing about Facebook –...

Crypto boffins: Facebook is like Exxon, Spectre shenanigans showed weakness
2018-04-17 19:52

RSA panel tackles the big stories of the year RSA 2018 Speaking at the 2018 RSA conference, a board of some of the most respected names in security spoke on Tuesday and were scathing about...

Boffins think classical crypto can outlive quantum computers
2018-04-16 05:58

Cisco backs Isara's post-quantum PKI cert test in the hope it future-proofs TLS Cisco and quantum security outfit Isara reckon they've got at least as far as alpha stage in one a problem of the...

2.5 billion crypto mining attempts detected in enterprise networks
2018-04-12 12:45

The volume of cryptomining transactions has been steadily growing since Coinhive came out with its browser-based cryptomining service in September 2017. Some websites have embraced the option and...

Google Bans Crypto-Mining Chrome Extensions
2018-04-03 16:57

Google on Monday announced that Chrome extensions designed to mine for crypto-currencies are no longer accepted in the Chrome Web Store. While still focused on allowing the Chrome extensions...

Using biometrics to protect crypto currency
2018-04-03 12:20

The rise of crypto currency is something that investors have monitored closely. Whether Bitcoin, Zcash or Ripple, the rise of this digital currency is here to stay. With this boom of crypto...

njRAT Gets Ransomware, Crypto-Currency Stealing Capabilities
2018-04-02 17:47

An updated version of the njRAT remote access Trojan (RAT) is capable of encrypting files and stealing virtual currencies from crypto-wallets, Zscaler warns. Also known as Bladabindi, njRAT has...

Buggy Verge crypto-cash gets hacked, devs go fork themselves, hard
2018-04-01 00:00

Alt-currency's value tumbles amid malicious mining mishaps The Verge cryptocurrency has seen its value drop by 25 per cent after hackers exploiting a bug in the alt-coin's software forced its...

T-Mobile Austria stores passwords as plain text, Outlook gets message crypto, and more
2018-04-01 00:00

Warning: Contains extreme stupidity Roundup While Facebook caught most of the security-related flak this week, there were other infosec stories out there.…