Security News

Critical flaw in WiFi routers puts hotels and millions of guests at risk (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 15:35

A critical vulnerability in ANTlabs InnGate devices, a popular Internet gateway for visitor-based networks and commonly installed in hotels and convention centers, has been discovered by Cylance resea...

Car hacking made cheaper and easier (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 14:51

Fiddling with your car's innards will soon become easier and cheaper than ever before, as Eric Evenchick has created and made available hardware and software design files for CANtact, an open source C...

US tech giants urge Congress to curb mass digital surveillance (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 12:05

As the date of the expiry of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act draws near, a wide range of tech companies, privacy advocates, and trade associations have asked the US president, US politicians and pr...

Cash, IT security threaten NASA Deep Space Network operation
2015-03-27 11:27

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2902506/security0/cash-it-security-threaten-nasa-deep-space-network-operation.html By Michael Cooney Layer 8 Network World March 26, 2015

Researchers identify malware threat to virtual currencies (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 09:46

INTERPOL and Kaspersky Lab have identified a threat to the blockchain in virtual transactions that could result in them being embedded with malware or other illegal data. Depending on the cryptocur...

Crowdsourcing your bug bounty program (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 08:50

In this interview, David Levin, Director of Information Security at Western Union, talks about crowdsourcing their bug bounty program and the lessons learned along the way. Why did you crowdsource ...

The multiple benefits of IT auditing (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 08:06

Regulatory compliance requirements provide instructions for organizations on how to protect the data of their employees, business operations, and customers that are stored on their servers. The proces...

Amazon Cloud Drive now with unlimited cloud storage (Help Net Security)
2015-03-27 08:04

Amazon announced unlimited cloud storage with Amazon Cloud Drive—two new storage plans for customers to securely store their existing content collections and automatically upload endless amounts of ne...

Apple-themed "Your account has been limited" phishing emails doing rounds (Help Net Security)
2015-03-26 15:07

Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account has been "limited." The ...