Security News

Emojis instead of PIN codes as an alternative for forgetful users (Help Net Security)
2015-06-15 13:08

For years now companies have been trying to come up with alternatives to passwords and passcodes that will be easier to remember (for users) and more difficult to guess or break (for criminals). UK...

Rethinking security: Securing activities instead of computers (Help Net Security)
2015-06-15 11:55

For many people involved in the infosecurity community, the notion of security is too often tied to the quality of code (resistance to specific classes of bug, for example) and effective patching - in...

Stronger data protection rules for Europe (Help Net Security)
2015-06-15 11:28

More than 90% of Europeans are concerned about mobile apps collecting their data without their consent. Today, an important step was taken to finalize EU data protection rules to help restore that con...

OPM hack: Vast amounts of extremely sensitive data stolen (Help Net Security)
2015-06-15 08:31

The extent of the breach suffered by the US Office of Personnel Management has apparently widened. Reports are coming in that the hackers have not only accessed Social Security numbers, job assign...

Does the UK need to do more to address the threat of nuclear terrorism? (Help Net Security)
2015-06-15 08:00

The emotive nature of linking nuclear and terrorism in the same sentence leads to understandably visceral responses as we all seek to protect ourselves and our loved ones from disaster. However, befor...