Security News

Researchers create searchable database of intelligence operators (Help Net Security)
2015-05-07 11:19

The researchers behind Transparency Toolkit, a venture whose goal is to develop source software to collect and analyze publicly available data on surveillance and human rights abuses, have released IC...

Company invokes DMCA to block researcher from disclosing flaws in its product (Help Net Security)
2015-05-06 10:17

Electronic lock maker CyberLock has attempted to prevent IOActive from releasing information about a host of security flaws they discovered in its product of the same name. Mike Davis, the IOActive...

Researchers, FBI Warn of Nepal Earthquake Scams (Threatpost)
2015-05-04 14:38

The earthquake that hit Nepal late last month has caused untold damage in the region and kicked off a massive relief and aid effort. Attackers are loathe to let a chance like that go by, and they...

New Dyre variant outsmarts AV researchers' sandboxes (Help Net Security)
2015-05-04 13:41

Since it was first spotted in June 2014, the Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan has become extremely popular with cyber crooks, and especially those that target businesses. The malware owes its success to ...

Week in review: Researchers hack surgery robot, 5-year-old malware turns Linux servers into spamming machines (Help Net Security)
2015-05-04 05:03

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles: The invasion of biometrics Depending on where you stand biometrics is a good thing or something that is do...

Researcher Finds Method to Bypass Google Password Alert (Threatpost)
2015-05-01 15:47

A security researcher has developed a method–actually two methods–for defeating the new Chrome Password Alert extension that Google released earlier this week. The Password Alert extension is...

Researcher neutralizes Google's Password Alert with a few lines of code (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:36

Google's Password Alert extension for Chrome, which was released on Wednesday, has received its first critical security update less than 24 hours later, as infosec consultant Paul Moore came up with a...