Security News

Cybersecurity is being taken seriously around the globe (Help Net Security)
2015-10-06 07:00

There has been a dramatic increase in the attention that boards and executives are paying to cybersecurity risk management, according to a new global study developed by the Georgia Tech Information Se...

Google Pushes Stagefright 2.0 Patches to Nexus Devices (Threatpost)
2015-10-05 20:34

Google's latest monthly over-the-air update for its Nexus Android devices include patches for the most recent vulnerabilities in Stagefright.

YiSpecter iOS Malware Abuses Apple Enterprise Certs to Push Adware (Threatpost)
2015-10-05 16:49

New iOS malware called YiSpecter abuses Apple-issued enterprise developer certificates and private APIs to push adware onto devices in China and Taiwan.

Scottrade Breach Affects 4.6 Million Customers (Threatpost)
2015-10-05 16:43

Scottrade has begun warning customers that as a result of a breach, their names and street addresses - and potentially Social Security numbers - may have been stolen from its system.

Nuclear facilities are wide open to cyber attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-10-05 14:52

You would think that, given the potential disastrous consequences of a successful hack, the computer systems and networks of nuclear facilities would be better secured agains cyber intrusions. Unfortu...

Millions affected by Scottrade brokerage breach that dates back two years (Help Net Security)
2015-10-05 12:53

Missouri-based retail brokerage firm Scottrade has suffered a breach nearly two years ago, but they are only notifying their customers about it now, because they only found out about it now. "Feder...

Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance (Schneier on Security)
2015-10-05 11:11

ID checks were a common response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, but they'll soon be obsolete. You won't have to show your ID, because you'll be identified automatically. A security camera will...

Top 5 Android Marshmallow enterprise security benefits (Help Net Security)
2015-10-05 10:53

Google’s new Android Marshmallow operating system offers important new security and ease-of-use features that improve its functionality for both enterprise and individual consumers. For example, t...

Advertising malware affects non-jailbroken iOS devices (Help Net Security)
2015-10-05 08:24

YiSpecter is infecting iOS devices belonging to Chinese and Taiwanese users, and is the first piece of malware that successfully targets both jailbroken and non-jailbroken devices, Palo Alto Networks ...

Car hacking via compromised car diagnostic tools (Help Net Security)
2015-10-05 08:00

Car hacking is a topic that has received considerable attention from security researchers in the last year or so, and the general public and (hopefully) lawmakers are finally beginning to perceive the...