Security News

5.6 Million Fingerprints Stolen In OPM Hack (Threatpost)
2015-09-23 22:15

It turns out roughly 5.6 million individuals may have had their fingerprints stolen as part of this year’s mammoth Office of Personnel Management breach – a figure five times what the agency...

Using external URL shorteners for internal needs may lead to sensitive data leaks (Help Net Security)
2015-09-23 14:51

Using external URL shortener services to create better-looking links to internal company documents, sensitive files and internal websites is a practice that company employees should avoid, says securi...

XcodeGhost Malware Stirring Up More Trouble (Threatpost)
2015-09-23 13:37

Researchers found a weakness in XcodeGhost that puts it at risk for man-in-the-middle attacks.

Killing computer infrastructures with a bang! (Help Net Security)
2015-09-23 13:26

In an attempt to demonstrate how easy it would be for attackers to perform a high-voltage attack against a company's computer infrastructure and take it down by damaging it, security researcher Grigor...

WD My Cloud NAS devices can be hijacked by attackers (Help Net Security)
2015-09-23 12:06

Researchers with security consultancy VerSprite have unearthed several vulnerabilities in Western Digital's My Cloud NAS product, which can be exploited by local and remote attackers to achieve root a...