Security News

Threatpost News Wrap, March 25, 2016 (Threatpost)
2016-03-25 15:46

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the week in news, including how the FBI vacated Tuesday's Apple hearing, a crypto iMessage bug that was patched, and the latest hospital to be hit by the...

Banks failing with password management, but why? (Help Net Security)
2016-03-25 14:49

A recent study shows some terrifying results: banks in the U.S. often have less secure password policies in place than do social media websites. Specifically, the study found that 35 percent of...

Facebook testing new features to prevent user harassment (Help Net Security)
2016-03-25 14:30

Facebook is testing three new features that should help prevent or at least minimize harassment of users on its platform. The first will alert users if someone tries to impersonate them on the...

Advanced Persistent Bot activity on the rise (Help Net Security)
2016-03-25 14:28

Bad bots are used by fraudsters and are the key culprits behind web scraping, brute force attacks, competitive data mining, online fraud, account hijacking, data theft, unauthorized vulnerability...