Security News

WikiLeaks publishes documents stolen from CIA director's email account (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 08:48

CIA Director John Brennan's private AOL email account has been hacked, apparently by teenage hackers with good social engineering skills. While it seems that the account contained no classified inf...

Think twice about Android root (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 08:30

In recent years the practice of Android rooting, that is the process of allowing an Android phone or tablet to bypass restrictions set by carriers, operating systems or hardware manufacturers, has bec...

Fitbit trackers can easily be infected with malware, and spread it on (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 08:14

Security researcher Axelle Apvrille has managed to deliver malware to a FitBit Flex fitness tracker, and to spread the infection to any computer that the device is subsequently connected to. She to...

Back to the Future: How much of Marty and Docs' tech is a reality? (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 07:33

Yesterday was October 21st – the day Marty and Doc crashed into the future in the second Back to the Future sci-fi film, released in 1989. But what did the creators get right? 26 years down the line, ...

Tech support scammers start targeting users of Apple devices (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 07:30

With the rise of popularity and the widespread ubiquity of devices made by Apple, it was only a matter of time when tech support scammers would begin targeting that ever increasing segment of the popu...

Tech-savvy users are actually the worst offenders (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 07:18

Even as businesses and the federal government have made cybersecurity a high priority, 93% of office workers engage in some form of unsafe online habits that could jeopardise their employer or their c...