Security News

Firmware security: An overlooked threat (Help Net Security)
2016-10-20 13:00

An increase in connected devices as part of organizations’ hardware footprint, combined with increasingly inventive attack methods from cybercriminals, has brought firmware security into the...

Smart cities face unique and escalating cyber threats (Help Net Security)
2016-10-20 12:45

Ninety-eight percent of respondents to a survey conducted by Dimensional Research consider smart cities at risk for cyber attacks. Smart cities use IT solutions to manage a wide range of city...

Skyping and Typing the Latest Threat to Privacy (Threatpost)
2016-10-19 18:10

A research paper explains how attackers can use recordings of keystroke sounds captured in a Skype conversation to guess what's being typed.

Ghost Push Trojan still a major threat to most Android users (Help Net Security)
2016-10-18 14:30

The Ghost Push Trojan (also known as Shedun) is still a considerable threat to Android users around the world. The malware is focused on displaying ads, promoting webpages and apps, and this is...

Review: Threat Forecasting (Help Net Security)
2016-10-17 13:15

About the authors John Pirc is Director of Security Solutions for Forsythe Technology and an advisor to HP’s CISO on Cyber Security. David DeSanto is the Director, Products & Threat Research for...