Security News

How to automate a custom password dictionary for your pen test (Help Net Security)
2016-04-21 13:30

When doing penetration testing, security professionals regularly have to deal with words that are specific to the task at hand, and many are not found in common wordlists. Another problem comes...

Misunderstanding Indicators of Compromise (Threatpost)
2016-04-21 13:00

In this Threatpost op-ed, Dave Dittrich and Katherine Carpenter explain the dangers of conflating measurable events, or observables, with indicators of compromise, which require context and other...

A global data analysis of hostile activity (Help Net Security)
2016-04-21 13:00

Solutionary’s latest Global Threat Intelligence Report contains information from 24 security operations centers, seven R&D centers, 3.5 trillion logs, 6.2 billion attacks and nearly 8,000 security...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS introduces “snaps” for new robust, secure app format (Help Net Security)
2016-04-21 12:30

Canonical released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, featuring the new “snap” package format and LXD pure-container hypervisor. An Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) release is supported and maintained by Canonical...

How Hacking Team Got Hacked (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-21 11:42

The hacker who hacked Hacking Team posted a lengthy description of how he broke into the company and stole everything. Two articles. ETA: This post originally had a pastebin.com link to the...