Security News

Old Adobe Flex SDK bug still threatens users of many high-profile sites (Help Net Security)
2015-03-24 12:40

An old vulnerability affecting old releases of the Adobe Flex SDK compiler can be exploited to compromise user data of visitors to many popular sites, including three of most visited ones in the world...

The average DDoS attack tripled in volume (Help Net Security)
2015-03-24 12:01

The average packet volume for DDoS attacks increased 340 percent to 4.36 million packets per second (Mpps), and the average bit volume swelled 245 percent to 12.1 Gbps in the final quarter of 2014, ac...

Full, cracked version of NanoCore RAT leaked, onslaught of infection attempts expected (Help Net Security)
2015-03-24 11:39

NanoCore, a lesser-known remote access Trojan (RAT), has recently been spotted being delivered to employees of energy companies in Asia and the Middle East via spear-phishing emails impersonating a le...

Twitch forces users to reset password in wake of breach (Help Net Security)
2015-03-24 10:47

Twitch, the popular Amazon-owned game streaming service, has apparently suffered a breach that might have resulted in the compromise of users' personal information and password. Initial indications...

UK consumers committed to mobile privacy (Help Net Security)
2015-03-24 09:47

Spurred by high-profile data breaches, Edward Snowden's revelations, and by the growing awareness that their smartphones hold a lot of sensitive data, most UK users have become more careful about prot...