Security News

Seagate wireless hard drives open wide to attack (Help Net Security)
2015-09-07 11:59

Several Seagate wireless hard-drives have been found to be affected by multiple vulnerabilities, the CERT Coordination Center of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University warns.

End-to-end encryption is key for securing the Internet of Things (Help Net Security)
2015-09-07 07:30

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the hottest buzzwords these days. It seems like almost everything is being connected, including cars, streetlights, oil rigs, wearables and more. By the end of t...

Hacker had access to sensitive info about Firefox bugs for over a year (Help Net Security)
2015-09-07 07:26

Mozilla has announced on Friday that an attacker managed to access security-sensitive information about a considerable number of (at the time) unpatched Firefox vulnerabilities, and that there is evid...

Innovative security research comes to Singapore (Help Net Security)
2015-09-07 07:00

Hack In The Box is set to host its first HITB GSEC security event in Singapore next month with a 3 day single track conference and an all women fireside chat session held alongside the main conference...

Week in review: iOS malware compromising Apple accounts, and fake recruiters on LinkedIn targeting infosec pros (Help Net Security)
2015-09-07 06:50

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Over 225,000 Apple accounts compromised via iOS malware Researchers from Palo Alto Networks and China-based WeipTech...