Security News

Finally! A free, open source, on-premise virus scanner framework (Help Net Security)
2015-07-27 14:04

After having spoken about it for quite a while, security researcher Robert Simmons has finally begun publishing the code and documentation of his open source AV scanner framework dubbed PlagueScanner.

Over 5,000 mobile apps found performing in-app ad fraud (Help Net Security)
2015-07-27 12:20

Of the $20 billion projected to be spent by advertisers on mobile advertising in 2015, $1 billion will effectively be lost due to in-app ad fraud, warns ad fraud detection and prevention company Foren...

Deplorable Steam security flaw exploited to hijack prominent accounts (Help Net Security)
2015-07-27 10:36

A huge gaping hole that allowed attackers to hijack Steam accounts has been discovered, exploited last week, and finally closed by Valve Corp. this weekend. The attackers didn't have to have any te...

Most employees don't understand the value of data (Help Net Security)
2015-07-27 09:06

New research from Fujitsu has revealed that only 7% of employees rate their business data higher than their personal information. The results highlight how employees don’t understand the value of data...

Three steps to a successful cloud migration (Help Net Security)
2015-07-27 07:30

People are hoarders by nature. Year after year, we accumulate new things – some that we need, and some that we will never touch again after one use. This stockpile adds up, and when it comes time to m...