Security News

Election infrastructure security: Should we use Internet voting?
2018-09-10 17:11

To protect the integrity and security of U.S. elections, all local, state, and federal elections should be conducted using human-readable paper ballots by the 2020 presidential election, says a...

Malware on ICS Increasingly Comes From Internet: Kaspersky
2018-09-07 12:49

Kaspersky Lab products installed on industrial automation systems have detected over 19,000 malware samples in the first half of 2018, and the company has determined that the Internet is an...

High-Severity Flaws in Cisco Secure Internet Gateway Service Patched
2018-09-06 11:30

The two bugs were disclosed Wednesday in Cisco Umbrella, the tech giant's cloud-based security service.

Facebook Chief Says Internet Firms in 'Arms Race' for Democracy
2018-09-05 02:29

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said late Tuesday that the leading social network and other internet firms are in an arms race to defend democracy. Zuckerberg's Washington Post op-ed came on the...

India's ISPs show they have good MANRS, sign up to Internet Society's routing security scheme
2018-09-04 14:20

Subcontinent agrees to bolster web infrastructure India's ISPs have agreed as a bloc to join The Internet Society's MANRS route integrity programme.…

"Evil Internet Minute" Report Shows Scale of Malicious Online Activity
2018-08-27 15:04

Every day, cyber threat intelligence firm RiskIQ hoovers up terabytes of internet data. It concentrates on the internet infrastructure and how it functions, gathering up domains, IP addresses,...

Microsoft's Anti-Hacking Efforts Make it an Internet Cop
2018-08-22 12:58

Intentionally or not, Microsoft has emerged as a kind of internet cop by devoting considerable resources to thwarting Russian hackers. read more

Elders of internet hash out standards to grant encrypted message security for world+dog
2018-08-22 10:29

Politicians can whine all they want, but they can't change standards as easily While law enforcement continues its worldwide crusade against chat apps with end-to-end encryption, the Internet...

Facebook Announces 2018 Internet Defense Prize Winners
2018-08-17 13:17

Facebook this week announced the winners of its 2018 Internet Defense Prize. Three teams earned a total of $200,000 this year for innovative defensive security and privacy research. read more

New Ways to Track Internet Browsing
2018-08-17 10:26

Interesting research on web tracking: "Who Left Open the Cookie Jar? A Comprehensive Evaluation of Third-Party Cookie Policies: Abstract: Nowadays, cookies are the most prominent mechanism to...