Security News

Novel NTP Attacks Roll Back Time (Threatpost)
2015-10-22 18:21

Researchers at Boston University have published new attacks against the Network Time Protocol (NTP) that jeopardize the security of numerous online activities.

Custom Google App Engine Tweak Still Leads to Java Sandbox Escapes (Threatpost)
2015-10-22 13:06

Researchers at Security Explorations say a change implemented by Google to the Java security model as its implemented in the Google App Engine leads to sandbox escapes.

Apple pushes out critical security updates for OS X, iOS, watchOS, and other products (Help Net Security)
2015-10-22 10:11

Apple has released security updates to fix critical vulnerabilities in the following Apple products: OS X El Capitan, Mavericks and Yosemite, OS X Server, Safari, watchOS, iOS, iTunes, Xcode, and Mac ...

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...