Security News

What can we expect from 2016? A growth in online extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware (Help Net Security)
2015-10-28 13:34

Next year, continued growth in online extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware is expected, as well as a shift to an offensive cybersecurity posture for government entities and corporations, according...

12 new malware strains discovered each minute (Help Net Security)
2015-10-23 07:15

G DATA researchers discovered a 64.8 percent spike of new malware strains as compared to the first half of 2014. This averages out to 12 new strains per minute. In all, the total number of malware str...

Fitbit trackers can easily be infected with malware, and spread it on (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 08:14

Security researcher Axelle Apvrille has managed to deliver malware to a FitBit Flex fitness tracker, and to spread the infection to any computer that the device is subsequently connected to. She to...