Security News

Facebook worm spreads by leveraging cloud services (Help Net Security)
2015-03-13 11:39

Facebook users are in danger of having their computers turned in a bot by a worm that spreads via the social network. The worm, identified as belonging to the Kilim malware family, ends on the vict...

Reboot loop! Microsoft update to fix an old update ends up breaking a new update... (Naked Security)
2015-03-13 11:17

O! What a tangled web we weave! Microsoft reissued a broken update from back in October 2014...and promptly broke a new update from March 2015.

Critical hole in popular WordPress SEO plugin allows SQLi, site hijacking (Help Net Security)
2015-03-13 10:26

Another highly popular WordPress plugin has been found sporting a cross-site request forgery flaw that can be exploited to mount a blind SQL injection attack, and could also lead to an attacker gainin...

Privacy group wants to shut down "eavesdropping" Barbie (Naked Security)
2015-03-13 10:06

It's worried about kids' voices being recorded by a corporation that will then target ads at them, but it should be far more worried about security and privacy.

Twitter threatens revenge porn posters with account locking and suspension (Naked Security)
2015-03-13 09:42

Twitter says it will lock accounts of users who post intimate content without subjects' permission, until the offending material's deleted, and might suspend accounts if the intent is harassment.

Preventing fraud through enterprise password management (Help Net Security)
2015-03-13 07:53

The past few years the world has seen various incidents where students have fraudulently modified their school grades, progress reports and attendance records. Recently, there was the incident at the ...