Security News

Mobile users actively spammed from compromised iCloud accounts (Help Net Security)
2016-09-19 19:31

Spammers have been compromising North American Apple users’ iCloud accounts, and using them to send spammy text messages to mobile users in China. The messages advertise counterfeit Prada and...

US 911 emergency system can be crippled by a mobile botnet (Help Net Security)
2016-09-13 12:55

What would it take for attackers to significantly disrupt the 911 emergency system across the US? According to researchers from Ben-Gurion Univerisity of the Negev’s Cyber-Security Research...

Week in review: Stealing login credentials, secure mobile communications explained (Help Net Security)
2016-09-12 12:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, podcasts and articles: Rambler.ru hack: Passwords of nearly 100 million users exposed A new data leak – confirmed to be...

Secure mobile communications explained (Help Net Security)
2016-09-09 12:45

For a typical consumer, seeing Secured by SSL is all it takes to reassure them that whatever they are doing online is safe and secure. Awareness also teaches these same users that if https is in...