Security News

Xen Project plugs critical host hijacking flaw, patch ASAP (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 08:33

The latest security update (XSA-145 through 153) for the popular Xen virtualization software fixes nine issues. Eight of them can lead to Denial of Service, but the ninth is much more serious than...

China is the top target for DDoS reflection attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 08:00

China bore the brunt of DDoS reflection attacks last month, with 61 percent of the top attack destinations observed hitting Chinese-based systems, according to Nexusguard. Of the 21,845 attack events ...

European Parliament members want member states to protect Edward Snowden (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 07:50

Too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, members of the European Parliament have stated in a resolution voted on Thursd...

UK dating fraud victims lost £33,5 million last year (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 07:30

Action Fraud, UK's national fraud and Internet crime reporting centre, and the City of London Police have started a Twitter campaign with the aim of teaching people about thirteen common fraud myths a...

Online Trust Alliance releases new Internet of Things Trust Framework (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 07:00

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) updated the IoT Trust Framework, a comprehensive global initiative that provides guidance for device manufacturers and developers to enhance the security, privacy and s...

CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware victims don't need to pay the ransom (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 07:00

Kaspersky Lab has added an additional 14,031 decryption keys to their free repository, enabling all those who have fallen victim to CoinVault and Bitcryptor ransomware to retrieve their encrypted data...