Security News

Google Alerts, Direct Webmaster Communication Get Bugs Fixed Quickly (Threatpost)
2016-04-18 21:32

Google determined that Safe Browsing warnings correlate with quicker remediation times, though not as quick as direct contact with webmasters who have registered with Google Search Console.

Over 3 million servers running outdated JBoss software open to attack (Help Net Security)
2016-04-18 20:51

Spurred by the recent discovery that the Samas (aka SamSam) ransomware is being spread via compromised servers running out-of-date versions of Red Hat’s JBoss server software, Cisco Talos...

New MIT Scanner Finds Web App Flaws in a Minute (Threatpost)
2016-04-18 19:51

A Berkeley postdoctoral researcher and former MIT student will soon unveil Space, a static-analysis web-application security tool that can find vulnerabilities in a minute.