Security News

Second Crypto Bug in Networking Library Could Affect 25,000 Apps (Threatpost)
2015-04-27 15:38

A few weeks after the developers of the AFNetworking library that’s popular among iOS and OS X app developers patched a serious bug in the library that enabled man-in-the-middle attacks, another,...

Siemens Patches Ghost Flaw Simatic Product (Threatpost)
2015-04-27 14:51

Siemens has released an update for some of its ICS products that are affected but the glibc Ghost vulnerability that was disclosed in January. The vulnerability affected both the Siemens Sinumerik...

Google Provides Detailed Analysis of GitHub Attack Traffic (Threatpost)
2015-04-24 17:46

The high-profile DDoS attack against GitHub that went on for several days last month was the end result of am operation that included several phases and extensive testing and optimization by the...

Podcast: News From RSA 2015 (Threatpost)
2015-04-23 21:52

Dennis Fisher, Mike Mimoso and Brian Donohue discuss the news of the week from the RSA Conference.

Active Defense Can Give Pause to Threats (Threatpost)
2015-04-23 21:17

Enterprises can use existing networking tools to put up internal barriers against hackers in order to frustrate them on to other targets.

Bypassing OS X Security Tools is Trivial, Researcher Says (Threatpost)
2015-04-23 18:35

SAN FRANCISCO–For years, Apple has enjoyed a pretty good reputation among users for the security of its products. That halo has been enhanced by the addition of new security features such as...

iOS Vulnerability Could Force Devices Into Endless Reboot Loop (Threatpost)
2015-04-23 17:14

Researchers stumbled upon a vulnerability recently that can force any iPhone or iPad into a perpetual reboot loop.

The Real ‘Next Generation’ of Security Revealed at RSA (Threatpost)
2015-04-22 21:40

During his RSA keynote today, Juniper Networks' Chris Hoff shared the stage with 9-year-old hacker Reuben Paul, in a talk meant to be a call to action for the security industry to teach young...

Microsoft Launches Project Spartan Bounty (Threatpost)
2015-04-22 20:36

Microsoft announced a two-month bug bounty for its new Project Spartan browser.

Privacy Goal: More Controls in Users’ Hands (Threatpost)
2015-04-22 20:10

The chief privacy officers of Microsoft, Facebook and Google today at RSA Conference discussed how their respective companies want to put more privacy controls in users' hands.