Security News

Spotting malicious apps on Android markets just got easier (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 13:17

Spotting malicious apps before they are offered for download and/or removing them is a tough challenge for every online Android app marketplace, including Google Play, but recent research by a group o...

KeyRaider Malware Steals Certificates, Keys and Account Data From Jailbroken iPhones (Threatpost)
2015-08-31 13:09

Researchers have discovered a new strain of iOS malware dubbed KeyRaider that targets jailbroken devices and has the ability to steal certificates, private keys, and Apple account information. The...

Over 225,000 Apple accounts compromised via iOS malware (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 11:23

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks and China-based WeipTech have unearthed a scheme that resulted in the largest known Apple account theft caused by malware. All in all, some 225,000 valid Apple acco...

Who's afraid of shadow IT? (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 09:00

One of the biggest disruptions in the IT world is the quantity and quality of SaaS tools. From email and storage, to phone systems and infrastructure, it has never been easier to use top of the range ...

CPU hardware performance counters for security (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 08:15

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2015, Nishad Herath, Principal Anti-Malware Technologist at Qualys, talks about CPU hardware performance counters, which allow us to do low latency performanc...

Hope is not a strategy, we need more healthy paranoia (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 08:00

35 percent of security experts believe leadership within their organization lacks a healthy paranoia, with 21 percent of leadership "relying on hope as a strategy" to avoid a cyber security breach. ...

Should the removal of personal info posted online be a human right? (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 07:30

69% of online Americans agree that the 'Right to be Forgotten' should be a human right, 29% think it allows for censorship. Only 16% think the 'right to be forgotten' is not practical. The 'Right t...

EMEA organizations are being pre-emptive about security (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 07:00

In EMEA, organisations are being pre-emptive about security due to the increasing threat posed by targeted attacks. These threats take the form of cyber-attacks that lie dormant inside the network for...

5 reasons Security Congress is the (ISC)2 member event of the year (Help Net Security)
2015-08-31 06:30

The fifth annual (ISC)2 Security Congress, co-located with the 61st annual ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits, is scheduled for September 28 through October 1 in Anaheim, California, U.S.A...