Security News

Security threats and the retail industry (Help Net Security)
2015-03-03 07:41

Only 18 percent of retail IT security professionals are concerned that point of sale devices are being targeted by cyber criminals, and only 20 percent are “confident” that point of sale devices are s...

A threat assessment of 7 million iOS and Android apps (Help Net Security)
2015-03-02 07:49

Android malware is growing more pervasive, and iOS devices are also increasingly at risk. FireEye analyzed seven million mobile apps on both Android and iOS platforms from January to October 2014. ...

Known weaknesses plague the security threat landscape (Help Net Security)
2015-02-25 08:25

Well-known issues and misconfigurations contributed to the most formidable threats in 2014, according to HP Security Research. “Many of the biggest security risks are issues we’ve known about for...

Insider threats continue to dominate (Help Net Security)
2015-02-24 09:19

Ordinary employees, privileged users and the supply chain – such as contractors and third party service providers – are all conduits for a traditional insider threat, according to Vormetric. But the s...