Security News

Facebook and GitHub test new account recovery option (Help Net Security)
2017-01-31 21:47

Facebook and GitHub have partnered to provide GitHub users who employ two-factor authentication an easier way to recover access to their account in case they get locked out of it. Users may lose...

Google Releases Crypto Test Suite (Schneier on Security)
2016-12-20 12:12

Google has released Project Wycheproof a test suite designed to test cryptographic libraries against a series of known attacks. From a blog post: In cryptography, subtle mistakes can have...

Google Unveils Cryptographic Library Test Suite Wycheproof (Threatpost)
2016-12-19 20:15

Google on Monday announced Project Wycheproof, a collection of unit tests designed to help check for weaknesses in cryptographic algorithms.

IBM Opens Attack Simulation Test Center (Threatpost)
2016-11-16 23:04

IBM introduced on Wednesday a new Cyber Range attack simulator during the opening of its global security headquarters in Cambridge, Mass.

Microsoft Edge Comes Out On Top In Browser Security Test (Forbes)
2016-11-05 14:13

Microsoft Edge Tops Browser Protection Tests (SecurityWeek)
2016-11-04 15:13

Test-Run DDoS Attacks Against Liberia Cease (Threatpost)
2016-11-04 15:05

Intermittent DDoS attacks affecting Internet connectivity nationwide in West African nation Liberia have ceased. One researcher says it’s a test for something else.

IBM and SBI Securities test bond trading on the blockchain (TechRepublic)
2016-10-21 14:36

Royal Navy tests robot subs, boats and drones for fleet of the future (ZDNet)
2016-10-14 15:23

Post-referendum UK still part of Euro cyberterror stress test... for now (The Register)
2016-10-14 12:23