Security News

Armed robber caught after boasting about planned stick-up on Facebook (Naked Security)
2015-03-10 11:21

A man was caught trying to rob a Tesco grocery store 15 minutes after posting his plan onto Facebook.

Busted scammer resorts to death threats (Naked Security)
2015-03-10 11:11

After the Canadian man told the crook he was a thief and a scammer, the tech support scammer said he had the man's address and would send assassins.

Hacking Nest Thermostat (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 08:24

TrapX confirmed the design flaws discovered in the Nest Learning Thermostat. They validated the attack vector presented at the Black Hat 2014 conference by compromising the device and an entire home n...

Active campaigns deliver old and new ransomware families (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 08:13

Cyber crooks' love for ransomware continues unabated, and user are warned about several active campaigns trying to deliver the malware on target computers. The campaigns have been set up to distrib...

The Pentagon is looking to hire 3,000 infosec pros (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 08:07

The US Department of Defense has gotten permission and is aiming to hire 3,000 infosec professionals to work at the US Cyber Command by the end of this year, and is set to make the majority of the mem...

Hack yourself first: How we can take the fight to the black hats (Help Net Security)
2015-03-10 07:00

The Internet has increased the interconnectivity of everyone and everything on the globe. From healthcare to commerce, public services and beyond, being connected has enriched our quality of life like...

Apple fixes FREAK in iOS, OS X and Apple TV - and numerous other holes besides (Naked Security)
2015-03-09 23:14

Apple's latest security fixes are out. The FREAK bug is now fixed, but so are numerous other holes worth patching in their own right.