Security News

SHA-1 End Times Have Arrived (Threatpost)
2017-01-17 16:00

Things are about to get a lot safer on the internet with SHA-2, but there is plenty of work still to be done when it comes to SHA-1 deprecation.

Why WhatsApp’s ‘Backdoor’ Isn’t a Backdoor (Threatpost)
2017-01-17 15:24

A chorus of security experts say allegations WhatsApp's end-to-end messaging platform has a backdoor are wrong and explain why reports making the claim are false.

Andrew Macpherson on Intelligence Gathering with Maltego (Threatpost)
2017-01-17 14:00

Operations Manager at Paterva Andrew Macpherson outlines the details of the "Digital Intelligence Gathering using Maltego" course being offered at SAS 2017.

White House Approves New Rules for Sharing of Raw Intelligence Data (Threatpost)
2017-01-16 17:33

New rules signed by the president last week change the way the NSA is able to share raw intelligence data with other intelligence community agencies.

WhatsApp Says ‘Backdoor’ Claim Bogus (Threatpost)
2017-01-13 19:31

Claims of a security hole in WhatsApp’s messenger app were shot down by WhatsApp, which called the allegations false.

Google’s Key Transparency Simplifies Public Key Lookups (Threatpost)
2017-01-13 18:57

Google has taken a big step toward simplifying public key lookups at Internet scale with the release to open source on Thursday of Key Transparency.

Threatpost News Wrap, January 13, 2017 (Threatpost)
2017-01-13 15:00

The news of the week is discussed, including the ShadowBrokers' farewell, GoDaddy's buggy domain validation issue, MongoDB ransoms, and the latest with St. Jude Medical.

Marie Moe on Medical Device Security (Threatpost)
2017-01-12 19:00

Mike Mimoso talks to Marie Moe, a research scientist at SINTEF of Norway, about her personal and emotional connection to medical device security.

ShadowBrokers Bid Farewell, Close Doors (Threatpost)
2017-01-12 18:49

The ShadowBrokers today ended their operations, saying they would no longer leak Equation Group exploits.

WordPress 4.7.1 Fixes CSRF, XSS, PHPMailer Vulnerabilities (Threatpost)
2017-01-12 17:38

A new WordPress update, pushed this week, resolves eight security issues, including a handful of XSS and CSRF bugs.