Security News

Email is more secure today than it was two years ago (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 11:42

Google has partnered with University of Michigan and the University of Illinois, and they have been trying to discover, for the last couple of years, how email security has evolved. The researchers...

Open source Twittor tool can control botnets via Direct Messages (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 08:56

A security researcher has created a tool that allows botnet masters to control their botnet by simply sending out commands via Twitter accounts. "I mostly wanted to create a PoC after Twitter decid...

Video: General Data Protection Regulation, Safe Harbor Agreement, Copyright reform and the Google case (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 08:14

After having been ruled invalid by the ECJ, the Safe Habor Agreement is now back in the spotlight as the Commission has finally issued a communication on the Trans-Atlantic data transfers destined to ...

The appliance straightjacket and its effect on security (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 08:00

We have a love/hate relationship with our IT appliances. These technology workhorses impress us with their modern, industrial designs, bright colors, and slick branding. When stacked atop each other i...

Data breaches and bots are driving cybercrime surge (Help Net Security)
2015-11-13 07:21

From July to September, ThreatMetrix detected more than 90 million attempted attacks across industries, representing a 20 percent increase over the previous quarter. This increase in attacks can large...