Ipswitch Survey Reveals IT Teams in a Battle for File Transfer Security
While a majority of IT professionals believe the secure sharing and transferring of files is very important, more than half are using unsecure cloud-file sharing servicesLONDON, UK. – February 4, 2016...
View ArticleOpenSSL fixes bug, gets dissed by German gov: That’s so random … not
Days after fixing a rare but dangerous key recovery attack, the developers of OpenSSL have been dealt a fresh blow with a poor review of the technology from a German government agency. An extensive...
View ArticleAppSense Releases DataNow Enhancements for Easy and Secure Windows 10 Migrations
DataNow Supports Windows 10, Delivers In-Location Sync, and Enables Shared Group Folders as Drive Letters Reading, UK., February 4, 2016 – AppSense, the global leader of secure user environment...
View ArticleSupplier promises to nudge UK schools towards secure webmail
The HTTPS Everywhere campaign received a small boost this week with a commitment by a UK schools technology provider to roll out secure logins for a service used by many educational establishments.Reg...
View ArticleMystery hacker pwns Dridex Trojan botnet… to serve antivirus installer
Part of the distribution channel of the Dridex banking Trojan botnet may have been hacked, with malicious links replaced by installers for Avira Antivirus. Avira reckons the pwnage is down the the work...
View ArticleIObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 9
When your formerly speedy PC starts to stutter and drag, you may be inclined to pin the blame on your antivirus. Hey, it's an easy target, right? Chances are good, though, that any slowdown is due to...
View ArticlePayPal blocks VPN, SmartDNS provider’s payments over copyright concerns
PayPal cuts off UnoTelly, which touts geo-blocking circumvention to customers.
View ArticleUC Berkeley profs lambast new “black box” network monitoring hardware
University of California administration says it's just going after "bad actors."
View ArticleDisney World-area University admits massive data breach
The University of Central Florida (UCF) has admitted that hackers who broke into its systems may have snaffled the personal details of more than 60,000 staff and students. The breach, discovered in...
View ArticleMan arrested after flying his drone into Empire State Building
Man even tweeted: "filming w/drone, now its stuck on the empire state building."
View ArticleStudy: Suspects shocked by Taser “more likely” to waive Miranda Rights
17,000 US police departments stunned more than 2 million people in the past decade.
View ArticleDridex malware exploit distributes antivirus installer—hack suspected
Cause is still unknown, but the chief theory is it's the work of a whitehat hacker.
View ArticleBrit spies want rights to wiretap and snoop on US companies’ servers
The US and UK authorities are holding secret negotiations that would allow British domestic spies to tap into servers in the Land of the FreeTM when investigating Her Majesty's citizens. A draft...
View ArticleSecurity Startup vThreat Emerges With New Leadership
vThreat takes aim at simulating attacks to help organizations identify security risks. An often cited best practice to help enable proper security is to test security by attempting to exploit it....
View ArticleRoll up, roll up to the Malware Museum! Run classic DOS viruses in your web...
The Internet Archive has opened a new collection dubbed the Malware Museum that lets you run old DOS-era viruses in your web browser. There are 78 samples to play with, all uploaded earlier today. The...
View ArticleUtilities Lack Visibility to Prevent All Attacks, Research Shows
As reports of attacks against energy utilities emerge, there is some evidence that they aren't properly secured, two separate studies show. Infrastructure, such as energy utilities, is an increasingly...
View ArticleTeen sues TV station for $1M over unauthorized broadcast of his genitals
Family asked KOAA to report on issue, story ended up showing the boy's name and his penis.
View ArticleEU, U.S. Privacy Shield Deal Greeted With Claims It’s Meaningless
NEWS ANALYSIS: Many see the agreement as a way to keep data flowing smoothly between the two continents while keeping the issue of data transfer privacy away from European courts. When the European...
View ArticleNo patches for code exec holes in Netgear management box
Two dangerous un-patched remote code execution vulnerabilities that allow access to God-mode system privileges have been reported in Netgear's ProSafe Network Management 300 management software. The...
View ArticleCelebrity trash mag hit in malware delivery shocker!
Celeb goss and dross site TMZ has been serving the world's worst exploit kit to its 30 million monthly visitors after malvertising scum compromised its advertising chain. Readers of the site can be...
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