Security News

Security framework for governments deploying the cloud (Help Net Security)
2015-02-27 07:46

ENISA released a framework structured into four phases, nine security activities and fourteen steps that details the set of actions Member States should follow to define and implement a secure Gov Clo...

Black hole routing: Not a silver bullet for DDoS protection (Help Net Security)
2015-02-27 07:00

As ISPs, hosting providers and online enterprises around the world continue suffering the effects of DDoS attacks, often the discussions that follow are, “What is the best way to defend our networks a...

Spam Uses Default Passwords to Hack Routers (Krebs on Security)
2015-02-26 17:06

In case you needed yet another reason to change the default username and password on your wired or wireless Internet router: Phishers are sending out links that, when clicked, quietly alter the...

Real MITM attacks enabled by Komodia's software might have already happened (Help Net Security)
2015-02-26 15:36

When the issue of Lenovo's pre-installed SSL-breaking Superfish adware first gained widespread media recognition, the company's CTO Peter Hortensius tried to do some damage control and stated that the...

Cisco, Apple, Citrix products no longer welcome on Chinese government systems (Help Net Security)
2015-02-26 13:26

A slew of US tech companies have been dropped from China's Ministry of Finance's approved government procurement list, including Apple, McAfee, Citrix Systems and Cisco Systems, Reuters reported. T...