Security News

Former employee claims cybersecurity firm extorted clients (Help Net Security)
2015-05-12 15:45

Tiversa, a privately held cybersecurity company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been accused by a former employee of hacking and then trying to effectively extort money from potential clients b...

Microsoft Edge Browser Seen as a Big Security Upgrade (Threatpost)
2015-05-12 15:42

For many years now, the browser has been the most dangerous piece of software on most users’ machines. Attackers love to target browsers and a remote code execution bug in a major browser is gold...

US Passport Agency contractor stole applicants’ data to steal their identities (Help Net Security)
2015-05-12 12:44

Three women from Houston, Texas, stand accused of engaging in an identity theft scheme in which one of them, a contract employee of the Department of State Passport Agency, was in charge of stealing p...

Cyber extortionists are hitting hedge funds (Help Net Security)
2015-05-12 10:57

Hedge funds are increasingly targeted by cyber extortionists, John Carlin, US Assistant Attorney General for National Security, has warned the audience at the SALT hedge fund conference held last week...