Security News

Facebook introduces end-to-end encryption for notifications (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 13:32

Facebook is testing out an experimental new feature that will enable people to add OpenPGP public keys to their profile, and gives users the option of receiving notification emails sent from Facebook ...

Which malware lures work best? (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 12:43

More often than not, malware peddlers' main goal is to deliver their malicious wares to the maximum number of users possible. Choosing the right lure is crucial to achieving that goal. Two researc...

A fundamental shift in security spending (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 09:00

Firms are shifting their cyber security spend away from traditional Prevent & Protect approaches towards Detect & Respond operations, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC). The new research fou...

Review:  Scany: Network scanner for iOS (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 07:15

Over the past five years I tested quite a few iOS applications that could be used for providing quick snaps of the local network. Most of them were free applications and very often lacking either func...

Confusion regarding strategic defenses for network security (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 07:00

RedSeal uncovered a high level of confusion regarding security issues in the network infrastructure. Nearly 60% of the 350 C-level executives surveyed believe they can “truthfully assure the board bey...

Cookie warnings: Useless and bad for security? (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 07:00

Cookies are the official and standard and preferred way of keeping state in the (otherwise) stateless HTTP protocol. They are sometimes used for keeping track of a user beyond a single website visit, ...

Week in review: Drone detection, crypto wars, and tracking wearable tech (Help Net Security)
2015-06-01 05:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Sniffing and tracking wearable tech and smartphones Researchers at Context Information Security have demonstrated ho...

Friday Squid Blogging: Nutty Conspiracy Theory Involving Both the NSA and SQUID (Schneier on Security)
2015-05-31 21:08

It's almost as if they wrote it for me. These devices, which are known as super conducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDS for short), can be attached to NSA signals intelligence satellites...