Security News

Measuring the Expertise of Burglars (Schneier on Security)
2015-04-30 19:22

New research paper: "New methods for examining expertise in burglars in natural and simulated environments: preliminary findings": Expertise literature in mainstream cognitive psychology is rarely...

Barracuda fixes critical MITM flaws in its Web Filter (Help Net Security)
2015-04-30 13:30

Barracuda Networks has issued a security update that patches critical flaws in the firmware of its Web Filter appliances, which could lead to an attacker successfully performing a man-in-the-middle (M...

Yahoo develops cheap, effective biometric smartphone authentication (Help Net Security)
2015-04-30 11:56

A group of Yahoo researchers have demonstrated that apart from fingerprints, other parts of the human body, such as ears, fists, palms and fingers, can also be successfully used to authenticate users ...

Critical vulnerability in RealTek SDK breaks routers' security (Help Net Security)
2015-04-30 09:30

A critical vulnerability in version 1.3 of the RealTek software development kit (SDK) has opened hole in D-Link and Trendnet Wi-Fi routers - and possibly many others, as well - which can be exploited ...