Security News

U.S. Government Requests for Yahoo User Data Drop (Threatpost)
2015-03-26 17:17

Yahoo received nearly 5,000 requests for user data from the United States government in the last six months of 2014 and disclosed some content in nearly 25 percent of those cases.

Denial of Service and Memory Vulnerabilities Patched in Cisco IOS (Threatpost)
2015-03-26 16:15

Cisco released its semiannual set of patches for its Cisco IOS router and switch operating system. The patches address 16 vulnerabilities.

Apple-themed "Your account has been limited" phishing emails doing rounds (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 15:07

Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account has been "limited." The ...

New Zealand's XKEYSCORE Use (Schneier on Security)
2015-03-26 14:46

The Intercept and the New Zealand Herald have reported that New Zealand spied on communications about the World Trade Organization director-general candidates. I'm not sure why this is news; it...

GE Fixes Buffer Overflow Bug in DTM Library (Threatpost)
2015-03-26 13:57

GE has released a fix for a vulnerability in a library that's used in several of its products deployed in critical infrastructure areas. The flaw in the HART Device Type Manager library could...

Xtube visitors redirected to exploit kit landing page (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 13:51

Popular adult site Xtube has been compromised to redirect visitors to sites hosting an exploit kit. "Unlike other attacks we have seen in recent times, this one does not use malicious ads (malverti...

How companies secure their cloud data (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 13:43

As companies accelerate their adoption of the cloud, the cloud data footprint is expected to grow to 6.5 zettabytes by 2018. This rapid migration of data into the cloud creates the need for insight in...

Behavioral biometrics: The password you can’t forget (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 12:28

This year’s Mobile World Congress featured more biometrics technology than ever before, with the launch of Google’s Android Pay and Samsung Pay both unveiling technology that enables payments through ...