Security News

Microsoft's Brad Smith on the Collapse of Safe Harbor (Schneier on Security)
2015-10-26 13:40

Microsoft's President Brad Smith has a blog post discussing what to do now that the US-EU safe-harbor agreement has collapsed. He outlines four steps: First, we need to ensure across the Atlantic...

SHA-2 encryption will make many sites inaccessible to users who can't afford newer tech (Help Net Security)
2015-10-26 11:31

A group of security researchers has recently announced that it's highly likely that effective collision attacks that would break SHA-1 encryption will be revealed by the end of 2015. "We estimate ...

TalkTalk breach: Attackers demand £80,000 for stolen data (Help Net Security)
2015-10-26 10:06

UK Telecom TalkTalk revealed on Friday that its website has suffered an attack, that it has been taken down as a precaution, and that names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, telephone numbe...