Security News

101,000 US taxpayers affected by automated attack on IRS app (Help Net Security)
2016-02-10 16:27

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has revealed more details about an attack it suffered last month, mounted by unknown individuals with the aim to file fraudulent tax returns and funnel the return...

Week in review: EU-US Privacy Shield, using AI to build an army of virtual analysts (Help Net Security)
2016-02-08 06:27

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Fake Amazon survey-for-money offer leads to account compromise "As a valued customer we would like to present you wi...

Reactions to the EU-US Privacy Shield (Help Net Security)
2016-02-04 07:38

The European Commission and the United States have agreed on a new framework for transatlantic data flows: the EU-US Privacy Shield. Here are some of the comments Help Net Security received. E...