Security News

Attorney claims cops planted spying malware on drive containing evidence (Help Net Security)
2015-04-15 13:52

Police force using malware in investigation is not an unheard-of situation but, according to an affidavit filed in a whistle-blower case against the Fort Smith Police Department (Arkansas), the depart...

How can defenders gain advantage in the 0day market? (Help Net Security)
2015-04-15 12:02

According to MIT, Harvard, and HackerOne researchers, the answer is not throwing more money at bug hunters, but incentivize them to find the the same vulnerabilities that the offense researchers have ...

Metal Detectors at Sports Stadiums (Schneier on Security)
2015-04-15 11:58

Fans attending Major League Baseball games are being greeted in a new way this year: with metal detectors at the ballparks. Touted as a counterterrorism measure, they're nothing of the sort....

Google blocks Java plugin in new Chrome by default (Help Net Security)
2015-04-15 09:56

Google has released Chrome 42 to the stable channel, and among the changes announced is one that will automatically block Oracle's Java plugin and other plugins that use the old NPAPI (Netscape Plugin...