Security News

ZeroFOX sets up research team to expose social media threats (Help Net Security)
2016-08-04 22:55

ZeroFOX announced the formalization of the industry’s first security research team dedicated to exposing social media threats, driving innovative defensive technology and codifying social media...

US Customs wants to know travelers’ social media account names (Help Net Security)
2016-06-27 19:34

The US Customs and Border Protection agency has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget, asking for permission to collect travelers social media account names as they enter the...

Using Social Media to Discover Hidden Wealth (Schneier on Security)
2016-06-24 11:29

Stories of burglars using social media to figure out who's on vacation are old hat. Now financial investigators are using social media to find hidden wealth....

Security Behavior of Pro-ISIS Groups on Social Media (Schneier on Security)
2016-06-21 11:01

Interesting: Since the team had tracked these groups daily, researchers could observe the tactics that pro-ISIS groups use to evade authorities. They found that 15 percent of groups changed their...