Security News

Skype, Slack and Signal Vulnerable to Critical Framework Bug
2018-01-24 19:21

The team behind the popular open-source framework Electron warns a remote code execution flaw could compromise user privacy.

Slack Plugs ‘Severe’ SAML User Authentication Hole
2017-10-27 12:00

Cloud-based communications platform Slack finished patching a severe security hole Thursday affecting portions of its platform that used Security Assertion Markup Language for user authentication.

Cloud DLP policy violations rise as Slack, HipChat, and similar services increase in popularity (Help Net Security)
2017-06-14 12:50

Cloud DLP policy violations in collaboration services like Slack and HipChat are on the rise, accounting for nearly 10 percent of total violations this quarter, according to Netskope. These...

Slack Fixes Cross-Origin Token Theft Bug (Threatpost)
2017-03-01 19:58

The cloud-based collaboration tool Slack was quick to fix a bug earlier this month that could have let an attacker steal a user’s private Slack token.