Security News

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...

Mobile ransomware increases 200 percent (Help Net Security)
2016-09-02 12:15

There’s been a startling 200 percent increase in mobile ransomware detection in Q2, according to Quick Heal. This amounts to nearly 50 percent of the ransomware detected in all four quarters of...

Mobile device infections rose 96 percent in the first half of 2016 (Help Net Security)
2016-09-01 15:13

After examining general trends and statistics for malware infections in devices connected through mobile and fixed networks, Nokia found a sharp rise in the occurrence of smartphone malware...