Security News

Ears as a Biometric (Schneier on Security)
2015-05-01 17:46

It's an obvious biometric for cell phones: Bodyprint recognizes users by their ears with 99.8% precision with a false rejection rate of only 1 out of 13. Grip, too. News story. EDITED TO ADD: I...

Mozilla Moving Toward Full HTTPS Enforcement in Firefox (Threatpost)
2015-05-01 16:20

The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday that it is in the process making HTTP connections incompatible with its popular Firefox Web browser.

Researcher Finds Method to Bypass Google Password Alert (Threatpost)
2015-05-01 15:47

A security researcher has developed a method–actually two methods–for defeating the new Chrome Password Alert extension that Google released earlier this week. The Password Alert extension is...