Security News

Facebook today made its capture the flag platform freely available on GitHub, which includes a ready-made backend and a set of pre-defined challenges.

IBM enlists the help of eight universities to teach its Watson supercomputer to fight cybercrime.

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday security bulletins include a patch for a JScript and VBScript scripting engine vulnerability being publicly exploited.

A Duo Labs report reveals the dangers of unpatched and outdated software used in business world.

Adobe pushed out 95 fixes for Acrobat, Reader, and ColdFusion on Tuesday and simultaneously warned about a zero day vulnerability in Flash it plans to patch on Thursday.

The FTC and FCC have given mobile device makers and carriers 45 days to report on their respective security update practices.

WordPress has issued a security release, patching a SOME vulnerability in Plupload, and a reflected cross-site scripting bug in MediaElement.js.

Yahoo releases a second wave of unsealed documents tied to its battle with the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Domain registrar GoDaddy fixed a vulnerability affecting systems used by its customer support agents that could have been abused to take over, modify or delete accounts.

Police in Bangladesh this week alleged that technicians associated with the financial network SWIFT introduced vulnerabilities which made it easier for hackers to infiltrate the systems of Bangladesh Bank.