Security News

Rabbit Beating Up Snake (Schneier on Security)
2015-07-03 17:13

It's the Internet, which means there must be cute animal videos on this blog. But this one is different. Watch a mother rabbit beat up a snake to protect her children. It's impressive the way she...

June Harvard Breach Hit Multiple Schools (Threatpost)
2015-07-03 14:00

Harvard University warned students of a data breach that may have exposed school network and email logins.

Threatpost News Wrap, July 3, 2015 (Threatpost)
2015-07-03 13:00

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the OS X and iOS patches, the potential for the new cyber UL project run by Mudge, and the lawsuit against OPM after its data breach.

Clever System of Secure Distributed Computation (Schneier on Security)
2015-07-03 11:38

This is really clever: Enigma's technique -- what cryptographers call "secure multiparty computation" -- works by mimicking a few of the features of bitcoin's decentralized network architecture:...

Mastercard is trying out purchase verification with selfies (Help Net Security)
2015-07-03 11:03

Five hundred US MasterCard users will soon be testing out the company's new system for quickly processing of digital payments, without having to input a PIN or password. The pilot program will last...

How you can anonymously use public Wi-Fi from miles afar (Help Net Security)
2015-07-03 09:49

Benjamin Caudill, founder of Rhino Security Labs, is scheduled to demonstrate at the upcoming DefCon a new device that could help users achieve and maintain their online anonymity. "While a range o...