Security News

Friday Squid Blogging: More Research Inspired by Squid Skin (Schneier on Security)
2016-09-09 21:31

Research on color-changing materials: What do squid and jellyfish skin have in common with human skin? All three have inspired a team of chemists to create materials that change color or texture...

Week in review: USBee, DNSSEC abuse, and IoT security research (Help Net Security)
2016-09-03 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Linux servers hit with FairWare ransomware – or is it just a scam? Victims of the attack find their web...

Pacemaker Hacking Fears Rise With Critical Research Report (Threatpost)
2016-08-26 18:55

Researcher warn medical devices made by St. Jude Medical are at risk of attacks via SSH certificate reuse vulnerabilities and static credentials that can easily give hackers root access to key...

Research on the Timing of Security Warnings (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-22 12:03

fMRI experiments show that we are more likely to ignore security warnings when they interrupt other tasks. A new study from BYU, in collaboration with Google Chrome engineers, finds the status quo...

ZeroFOX sets up research team to expose social media threats (Help Net Security)
2016-08-04 22:55

ZeroFOX announced the formalization of the industry’s first security research team dedicated to exposing social media threats, driving innovative defensive technology and codifying social media...

EU to invest €450 million in cybersecurity research (Help Net Security)
2016-07-06 14:41

The European Commission launched a new public-private partnership on cybersecurity that is expected to trigger €1.8 billion of investment by 2020. The EU cybersecurity investment will be €450...