Security News

Ears as a Biometric (Schneier on Security)
2015-05-01 17:46

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...

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...

Unnoticed for years, malware turned Linux and BSD servers into spamming machines (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:30

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...

Fake "Account Locked" notices are delivering CTB-Locker (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:12

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...

CTO insights: Defending your organization from insider attacks (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 09:00

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 ...

Infosec: Don't fear the word (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 08:36

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.

The importance of integrating identity and data (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 07:51

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...

C-level executives are less confident than their boards or IT execs (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 07:48

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 ...

How secure are digital transactions? (Help Net Security)
2015-05-01 07:18

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 ...