Security News

HardSploit: Dedicated hardware pentesting tool (Help Net Security)
2015-04-08 14:07

As Internet of Things adoption is gaining momentum, and we hear time and time again that making it secure will be the biggest challenge, French IT security consultancy Opale Security has come out with...

Russian hackers executed the US State Department, White House network breaches (Help Net Security)
2015-04-08 13:09

The October 2014 breaches of some of the computer systems of the US State Department and the White House have been executed by Russian hackers, unnamed US officials familiar with the investigation tol...

Large malvertising campaign linked to potentially compromised Google ad reseller (Help Net Security)
2015-04-08 11:07

Dutch infosec firm Fox IT has spotted a lage scale malvertising campaign that seems to originate from Bulgarian Google ad reseller EngageLab. The first redirection has been spotted on Tuesday after...

New Tor version fixes issues that can crash hidden services and clients (Help Net Security)
2015-04-08 09:57

Two new versions of the Tor anonymity software have been released on Tuesday, with fixes for two security issues that can be exploited to crash hidden services and clients visiting them. The first ...

Could Security Concerns Scuttle M&A And Investment Deals?
2015-04-08 09:33

http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/could-security-concerns-scuttle-manda-and-investment-deals/d/d-id/1319798 By Ericka Chickowski Dark Reading April 6, 2015

Singtel acquires Trustwave in $810M security services deal
2015-04-08 09:32

http://www.zdnet.com/article/singtel-acquires-trustwave-in-810m-security-services-deal/ By Eileen Yu By The Way ZDNet News April 8, 2015

Heartbleed a Year Later: How the Security Conversation Changed
2015-04-08 09:32

http://www.eweek.com/security/heartbleed-a-year-later-how-the-security-conversation-changed.html By Sean Michael Kerner eWEEK.com 2015-04-07

Malware peddlers exploit fear of Android Installer Hijacking bug (Help Net Security)
2015-04-08 09:13

The recently disclosed existence of the "Android Installer Hijacking" vulnerability is being exploited by malware and adware peddlers and online survey scammers, warns Trend Micro. The attackers do...

Guide outlines specifications of smart card-based PACS (Help Net Security)
2015-04-08 08:53

Smart cards are increasingly accepted as the credential of choice for securely authenticating identity, determining appropriate levels of information access and controlling physical access. To furt...