Security News

Breaking Bad-themed ransomware targeting users (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 09:17

A new type of ransomware is targeting Australian users, and its creators have decided to have some fun and express their love for the popular US TV show Breaking Bad while trying to "earn" some money.

Defend your network from APTs that exploit DNS (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 09:00

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are designed to spread, morph and hide within IT infrastructure to perpetrate a long term attack, posing a significant threat to the security of corporate data. From...

IoT and the great data heist (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 08:00

The term mobile has evolved from the device that simply made and received phone calls, to smartphones, wearables and a multitude of devices in the home. With the introduction of new mobile devices ...

ThreatStream's approach to threat intelligence (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 07:03

Imagine being able to make sense of all the threat information that’s flowing through your security controls and coming from your threat feeds in minutes, not weeks, months or years. In this podcas...

Data privacy endangered by international trade agreements (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 06:54

You might or might not know that some countries - especially some European ones - have (or are working on) strong data protection laws. What most people don't know is that these laws might be voide...