Security News

6 Biggest Blunders in Government's Annual Cyber Report Card
2015-03-03 09:22

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/03/6-biggest-blunders-governments-annual-cyber-report-card/106512/ By Aliya Sternstein Nextgov.com March 2, 2015

Justifiable for China to strengthen cyber security regulation
2015-03-03 09:22

http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0303/c90780-8856255.html By Sun Ding Xinhua March 03, 2015

FAA computers vulnerable to hackers, GAO report says
2015-03-03 09:22

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/faa-computers-vulnerable-to-hackers-gao-report-says/2015/03/02/388219ac-c119-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html By Ashley Halsey III The...

In major goof, Uber stored sensitive database key on public GitHub page
2015-03-03 09:22

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/in-major-goof-uber-stored-sensitive-database-key-on-public-github-page/ By Dan Goodin Ars Techica March 2, 2015

Firewall: The king of network security (Help Net Security)
2015-03-03 09:05

A new FireMon report, based on a survey of over 700 network security practitioners, reveals that firewalls remain highly strategic to organizations' current and future security strategies – with an ov...

HITB Haxpo: Connecting hackers, makers, builders and breakers (Help Net Security)
2015-03-03 08:25

Youri van der Zwart is running HITB Haxpo - a free exhibition for hackers, makers and software developers taking place alongside the Hack In The Box conference in Amsterdam, 27th - 29th May 2015. I...

Global experiment exposes the dangers of using Wi-Fi hotspots (Help Net Security)
2015-03-03 08:12

A global Wi-Fi hacking experiment exposed major security issues regarding the browsing habits of users around the globe. Avast mobile security experts traveled to cities in the United States, Europe, ...

Security threats and the retail industry (Help Net Security)
2015-03-03 07:41

Only 18 percent of retail IT security professionals are concerned that point of sale devices are being targeted by cyber criminals, and only 20 percent are “confident” that point of sale devices are s...

Exposing the organized crime of tomorrow (Help Net Security)
2015-03-03 07:36

Europol identified a series of key driving factors that will impact the future landscape of serious and organized crime in Europe. A decline of traditional hierarchical criminal groups and networ...