Security News

Facebook CTF platform is now open source (Help Net Security)
2016-05-12 17:22

Capture the Flag competitions are a good – not to mention legal – way for hackers to build and hone their skills. But, quality CTF environments are difficult and expensive to build and run. This...

Emergency Flash Update Patches Public Zero Day (Threatpost)
2016-05-12 16:55

Adobe pushed out an emergency Flash Player update, patching a zero-day vulnerability. Adobe said a public exploit exists for CVE-2016-4117.

Germany set to end copyright liability for open Wi-Fi operators (Help Net Security)
2016-05-12 16:26

People who travel to Germany are often surprised at the lack of public, open Wi-Fi networks. That’s because German law (Störerhaftung – “liability of duty”) holds operators of public hotspots...