Security News

Scores of Serial Servers Plagued by Lack of Authentication, Encryption (Threatpost)
2016-03-17 16:04

Thousands of serial servers connected to the internet aren't password protected and lack encryption, leaving any data that transfers between them and devices they're connected to open to snooping,...

New NIST Encryption Guidelines (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-17 14:54

NIST has published a draft of their new standard for encryption use: "NIST Special Publication 800-175B, Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic...

Companies still lack adequate data privacy tools (Help Net Security)
2016-03-17 14:30

93 percent of IT professionals agree that customer data privacy concerns are a critical issue at the C-level. Yet, only 9 percent percent believe current privacy and consent methods are adequate....

MobSF: Security analysis of Android and iOS apps (Help Net Security)
2016-03-17 14:00

The Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) is an open source framework capable of performing end to end security testing of mobile applications. MobSF can be used for security analysis of Android and...

Insight into critical data remains limited (Help Net Security)
2016-03-17 13:45

SANS surveyed 829 IT professionals with endpoints located around the globe to explore how IT professionals monitor, assess, protect and investigate their endpoints. A majority of respondents were...