Security News

How to find a free, secure proxy service? (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 15:39

There are several reasons one might want to use web proxy services, and depending on that reason, it might not be a very good idea to choose a free one randomly. Vienna-based developer Christian Ha...

Cyber attack grounds Polish LOT aeroplanes (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 12:15

Around 1,400 unlucky travelers who were set to depart from Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport on Sunday had their flights cancelled or delayed for hours, as the computer system that issues flight plans ...

New password recovery scam hitting Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail users (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 11:37

A simple yet ingenious scam is being used by scammers to compromise accounts of Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo Mail users, Symantec researcher Slawomir Grzonkowski warns. "To pull off the attack, the bad...

The Secrecy of the Snowden Documents (Schneier on Security)
2015-06-22 11:13

Last weekend, the Sunday Times published a front-page story (full text here), citing anonymous British sources claiming that both China and Russia have copies of the Snowden documents. It's a...

Open source security projects get $452,000 from the Linux Foundation (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 11:03

The Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), a project managed by The Linux Foundation that enables technology companies, industry stakeholders and esteemed developers to collaboratively identify and fun...

Many popular Android apps fail to encrypt login credentials (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 08:23

Using encryption to protect mobile traffic and especially the exchange of credentials between the user and company servers should be a must in this day and age. Unfortunately, there are companies that...

Week in review: Rethinking security, LastPass breach, and stronger data protection rules for Europe (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 07:28

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles: How data-centric security works In this podcast recorded at Infosecurity Europe 2015, Rui Melo Biscaia, Pr...

The state of cyber security in Thailand (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 07:21

Thailand - the land of smiles - invited me as a panelist to the CSA ASEAN 2015 summit. Bangkok, with its fantastic street food, smiling people and general gentleness felt safe and very welcoming this ...

How to evaluate the efficiency of a Data Loss Prevention solution (Help Net Security)
2015-06-22 07:01

How do you measure the Return of Investment on Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies? How do you know that your DLP solution is efficient? In this podcast recorded at Infosecurity Europe 2015, An...