Security News

FreedomPop Account Hijacking Flaws Remain Unpatched (Threatpost)
2016-05-03 15:36

A serious vulnerability in mobile provider FreedomPop has yet to be patched and can be leveraged with online banking flaws to put customer accounts at risk.

Microsoft plugs online services account hijacking vulnerability (Help Net Security)
2016-04-06 14:31

London-based security researcher and bug hunter Jack Whitton has discovered a serious cross-site request forgery flaw affecting Microsoft’s authentication system for online services. A successful...

Boom in Steam account hijacking is due to cheap Steam Stealers (Help Net Security)
2016-03-17 19:01

With over 125 million active users, Valve’s Steam is the most popular online gaming platform in the world and, consequently, forms a huge pool of targets for cyber crooks and scammers. After all,...

Week in review: DROWN attack breaks TLS encryption, hijacking police drones, RSA Conference 2016 coverage (Help Net Security)
2016-03-07 12:51

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: RSA Conference 2016 coverage Check out our coverage page to see what you’ve missed at RSA Conference 2016....

Researcher demonstrates hijacking of police drone (Help Net Security)
2016-03-03 23:26

A security researcher has demonstrated to the RSA Conference crowd how he – or anyone, for that matter – can take over control of a drone used by the Dutch police and make it do anything the...