Security News

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...