Security News

Will the EU’s new copyright directive ruin the web?
2019-02-18 11:50

Articles 11 and 13 live on, with the dreaded 'link tax', 'meme killer', 'censorship machine' and all.

Tens of millions more web accounts for sale after more sites hacked, Mac malware spreads via Windows.exe, and more
2019-02-18 05:02

Standby for a 'we woz haxx0ed' email from one of these sites this week... Roundup Let's kickstart your Monday with some lovely juicy computer security and screwups news, beyond what we reported last week.…

How to protect and secure your web browsing with the Brave browser
2019-02-13 18:05

The Brave browser offers built-in protection against ad trackers, third-party cookies, and other potential threats to your privacy. Here's how to use it and tweak it.

620 million records from 16 websites listed for sale on the Dark Web
2019-02-13 13:26

Some of the breaches are new, while some were reported last year. The sites include MyFitnessPal, MyHeritage, Whitepages and more.

620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts
2019-02-11 23:55

Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis, and more said to be up for grabs for $$$s in BTC Exclusive Some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are on sale...

Blue Monday in infosec: 620 million accounts across 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts
2019-02-11 23:55

Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis, and more said to be up for grabs for $$$s in BTC Exclusive Some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are on sale...

Blue Monday in infosec: 620 million accounts across 16 'hacked' websites now for sale on dark web, seller claims
2019-02-11 23:55

Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis, and more allegedly up for grabs for $$$s in BTC Exclusive Some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are on sale...

Secure Decisions streamlines and enhances web application penetration testing
2019-02-07 00:00

Secure Decisions, a division of Applied Visions, Inc. and a leader in cyber security research, has developed a new application security testing technology, the Attack Surface Detector, that...

Firefox 66 will silence autoplaying web audio
2019-02-06 12:15

From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.

Web App Security Firm Signal Sciences Raises $35 Million
2019-02-06 06:39

California-based web application security firm Signal Sciences on Tuesday announced that it raised $35 million in a Series C funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to more...