Security News

Justifying the Cost of Web Application Security (IT Toolbox Blogs)
2015-03-31 14:38

South Korea Creates Cyber-security Post to Counter North's Threat (SecurityWeek)
2015-03-31 14:38

How security pros deal with cybercrime extortion (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 13:58

1 in 3 security professionals recommend negotiating with cybercriminals for the return of stolen data or the restoration of encrypted files, according to ThreatTrack Security. While 70% of responde...

A Fresh Look at Application Security (InfoRiskToday)
2015-03-31 13:38

Mozilla Winter of Security: Seasponge, a tool for easy Threat Modeling (Reddit)
2015-03-31 12:38

Users care about privacy when they know what info is collected about them (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 12:25

A recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon and Notre Dame University researchers is calling attention to several interesting things. For one, mobile apps collect too much data - especially locati...

Middle-Eastern energy firms targeted with reconnaissance Trojan (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 11:02

An email spam campaign targeting companies in the petroleum, gas and helium industries has been spotted by Symantec researchers. Most of them are in the so-called Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qa...

Fake "Urgent billing update" email leads to Virgin Media, Paypal phishing page (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 09:59

Customers of UK-based telecom and ISP Virgin Media are being targeted with a clever spam campaign that is after their account information, but also PayPal account login details and payment card inform...

Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security
2015-03-31 08:49

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/30/technology/secrecy-on-the-set-hollywood-embraces-digital-security.html By NICOLE PERLROTH The New York Times MARCH 29, 2015

Two feds charged for stealing Bitcoin during Silk Road investigation (Help Net Security)
2015-03-31 08:44

Two former US federal agents have been charged with wire fraud, money laundering and related offenses for stealing digital currency during their investigation of Silk Road. Carl M. Force, 46, of Ba...