Security News

Smartwatches and corporate data (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 16:15

I was super excited when my wife got me a smartwatch. In addition to the geeky coolness factor of a smartwatch, being a long-time security professional I was also interested in the security implicatio...

Beware of fake invites for WhatsApp's Free Voice Calling feature! (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 15:07

Fake WhatsApp invites are actively luring users to sites where they are urged to fill out surveys and download unknown applications, warns The Hacker News' Mohit Kumar. WhatsApp quietly began to ro...

Spoofing the Boss Turns Thieves a Tidy Profit (Krebs on Security)
2015-03-10 13:34

Judy came within a whisker of losing $315,000 in cash belonging to her employer, a mid-sized manufacturing company in northeast Ohio. Judy's boss had emailed her, asking her to wire the money to...

Apple issued update for FREAK flaw in OS X and iOS (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 13:28

Apple has released security updates for OS X and iOS which, among other things, fix the FREAK flaw that may allow an attacker to decrypt secure communications between vulnerable clients and servers. ...