Security News

Pair of Drupal Modules Patch Access Bypass Flaws (Threatpost)
2015-09-10 14:36

A pair of modules included in the Drupal content management system have been updated to fix access bypass vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take actions on the behalf of some users....

PIN-changing, screen-locking Android ransomware (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 13:28

A sophisticated new piece of ransomware targeting Android users and locking them out of their devices by changing the PIN has been discovered by ESET researchers. Masquerading as an app for viewing...

NY Health Provider Excellus Discloses Data Breach Dating to 2013 (Threatpost)
2015-09-10 13:09

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, a large health care provider in New York state, says it was hit by an attack that began in 2013 and wasn’t discovered until last month, resulting in the compromise...

US Energy Department's systems breached 159 times in four years (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 11:35

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has had its computer systems successfully breached by cyber attackers 159 times in four years, USA Today reports. The US DOE is responsible, among other things, of...

Attack code for critical Android Stagefright flaw published (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 09:34

After having graciously waited for quite a while to publish the exploit for the Android Stagefright vulnerability (CVE-2015-1538) so that Google, mobile carriers and device manufacturers might push ou...

Review:  Encryptr: Open source cloud-based password manager (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 09:00

Encryptr is based on the Crypton JavaScript framework. The whole idea behind the Crypton concept is to enable developers to store data on the remote server in such way that the server doesn’t know wha...

Internet of Things: Security misconceptions, expectations, and the future (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 08:00

Nitesh Dhanjani is a well-known security researcher, writer, and speaker. He is currently Executive Director, Cybersecurity, at Ernst & Young, where he advises C-suite executives at the largest Fortun...

Aggressive tactics from DD4BC extortionist group revealed (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 07:06

Akamai shared details of an increase in DDoS attacks from the Bitcoin extortionist group DD4BC, based on observation of attack traffic targeted at customers from September 2014 through August 2015. ...

Global cyber insurance market to grow to over $20 billion by 2025 (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 06:52

Cyber risk is a major and fast-increasing threat to businesses with cyber-crime alone costing the global economy approximately $445 billion a year, with the world’s largest 10 economies accounting for...