Security News

Is the Internet hiding a crime wave? (Help Net Security)
2015-02-23 10:13

The U.S. crime rate continues to fall, according to the latest FBI’s release based on Uniform Crime Reporting from police departments, but researchers say those numbers, which have been on a downward ...

Lack of trust is affecting how consumers use the Internet (Help Net Security)
2015-02-23 08:41

68% of US smartphone users are concerned about having their activity tracked to serve them targeted ads, suggesting that most smartphone users are uncomfortable with the idea of online behavioral adve...

Concerns around endpoint security (Help Net Security)
2015-02-23 08:18

The overwhelming majority of information security professionals believe end users are their biggest security headache, largely due to their tendency to click on suspicious and malicious e-mails and UR...

TurboTax’s Anti-Fraud Efforts Under Scrutiny (Krebs on Security)
2015-02-23 04:29

Two former security employees at Intuit -- the makers of the popular tax preparation software and service TurboTax -- allege that the company has made millions of dollars knowingly processing...