Security News

Signal for Android finally out, offers end-to-end encrypted calls and messages (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 13:24

Open Whisper Systems (formerly Whisper Systems) has finally released the Android version of its popular free, open source iOS app for end-to-end encrypted voice calls. Signal for Android, though,...

Open source KeeFarce tool loots encrypted passwords stored in KeePass (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 12:19

Denis Andzakovic, a hacker and researcher with New Zealand-based security consultancy Security-Assessment.com, has released the source code for KeeFarce, a tool that can export all information stored ...

Security update kills several critical bugs in Android Marshmallow (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 11:01

Google's November Android security update carries fixes for seven vulnerabilities, including two remote code execution flaws that are rated "critical" (CVE-2015-6608, CVE-2015-6609), and an elevation ...

Chimera crypto-ransomware is hitting German companies (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 07:59

A new piece of crypto-ransomware is targeting German companies: it's called Chimera, and the criminals behind the scheme are threatening to release sensitive corporate data on the Internet if the targ...

Stanford researchers identify potential security hole in genomic data-sharing network (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 07:15

Sharing genomic information among researchers is critical to the advance of biomedical research. Yet genomic data contains identifiable information and, in the wrong hands, poses a risk to individual ...

Cyber operational readiness and a complex threat landscape (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 07:10

Mike Walls is the Managing Director, Security Operations and Analysis at EdgeWave. In this interview he discusses keeping pace with an increasingly complex threat landscape, cyber operational readines...

The value in vulnerability management platforms (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 07:00

A study conducted by Forrester Consulting assessed IT decision makers' satisfaction with their current vulnerability management platforms and the challenges companies face in securing their cloud envi...

The growth of mobile malware and online banking attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-11-03 06:49

Kaspersky Lab explored the increase in mobile threats, malware attempts to steal from consumer online bank accounts and targeted cyberattacks in the evolving threat landscape. Q3 in figures:323,374...