Security News

ProtonMail restores services after epic DDoS attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-11-10 12:56

After several days of intense work, Switzerland-based end-to-end encrypted e-mail provider ProtonMail has largely mitigated the DDoS attacks that made it unavailable for for hours on end in the last w...

Linus Torvalds on Linux Security (Schneier on Security)
2015-11-10 12:38

Interesting interview. Slashdot thread....

88 Percent of Networks Susceptible to Privileged Account Hacks (Threatpost)
2015-11-10 12:27

A security firm is warning this week that 88 percent of networks are at risk of being compromised via credential theft and reuse.

Linux Encoder victims catch a lucky break: a flaw in the malware means no ransom has to be paid (Help Net Security)
2015-11-10 11:54

The recently spotted Linux Encoder crypto-ransomware is very disruptive, but the good news is that the malware makers have made a mistake that allowed Bitdefender researchers to recover the AES encryp...