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It's an obvious biometric for cell phones: Bodyprint recognizes users by their ears with 99.8% precision with a false rejection rate of only 1 out of 13. Grip, too. News story. EDITED TO ADD: I...
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...
Unnoticed for years, malware turned Linux and BSD servers into spamming machines (Help Net Security)
For over 5 years, and perhaps even longer, servers around the world running Linux and BSD operating systems have been targeted by an individual or group that compromised them via a backdoor Trojan, th...
Active spam campaigns delivering fake notices about temporarily locked accounts have been spotted in the last few days delivering a deadly malware combination: the Dalexis downloader and the CTB-Locke...
If you’ve read enough crime novels or seen enough action movies, the plot is all too familiar to you: an insider – acting to correct some slight or insult he or she received years ago – turns against ...
Are these words too difficult for you? Basilisk, snuffleupagus, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Quidditch, Oompa Loompa. I hope not! They’re all part of the magical world of children’s literature.
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2015, Siva Belasamy, CEO and CTO at Deep Identity, talks about how identifying who has access to what, and the risks associated with such access, can be a da...
A new Dimensional Research study examined corporate executives’ view of cybersecurity risks, as well as measured their confidence and preparedness in the event of a security breach. Study respondents ...
The online payment industry was exposed to a slew of attacks in 2013-14, with hackers meticulously examining the payment infrastructure to exploit potential weaknesses. To guard against such security ...