Hackers demo prototype security scanner that thinks like a human
First of its kind project a mammoth effort. Nullcon Bangalore hacker Rahul Sasi has built the beginnings of what he hopes will become a vulnerability scanner that thinks like a human. The ambitious...
View ArticleApple to Hand iCloud Encryption Key Management to Account Holders
NEWS ANALYSIS: Currently Apple has access to iCloud accounts through encryption keys stored with Apple, but that may be about to change. According to a number of press reports, Apple is in the process...
View ArticleMalvertising Campaign Hits BBC, NYT, More
BBC, The New York Times, AOL, MSN, Newsweek, and others unintentionally infected some visitors with ransomware. Did you click on an ad from the BBC, New York Times, or Newsweek websites recently?...
View Article‘Millions’ of Android mobes vulnerable to new Stagefright exploit that leaps...
Paper lays out how to bypass Google's ASLR A group of Israeli researchers reckon they've cracked the challenge of crafting a reliable exploit for the Stagefright vulnerability that emerged in Android...
View ArticleVMware fixes XSS flaws in vRealize for Linux
VMware patched two cross-site scripting issues in several editions of its vRealize cloud software.These flaws could be exploited in stored XSS attacks and could result in the user's workstation being...
View ArticleUK government teams up with CREST at Big Bang Fair to inspire next generation...
Digital Defender superheroes make debut to attract young people into careers in cyber security17 March 2016: A new government backed initiative to encourage young people into careers in cyber security...
View ArticleThales completes acquisition of Vormetric
Key PointsThales announces the closing of its acquisition of Vormetric for €375m. With the acquisition of Vormetric, Thales becomes a global leader in data protection. Data itself is now at the heart...
View ArticleMassive Analytic to bring Deep Learning to Military Surveillance
Analytics innovator Wins “Autonomy and Big Data in Defence” Contract with Ministry of DefenceLONDON, UK – March 17, 2016 – Massive Analytic Limited, an Artificial Intelligence pioneer, has been awarded...
View ArticleHere's Who Made Gartner's 2016 Magic Quadrant For Endpoint Protection Platforms
The EPP Market Research firm Gartner defines the Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) market as one with offerings that "provide a collection of security capabilities to protect PCs, smartphones and...
View ArticlePwn2own Day 1 Exploits: Google Chrome, Adobe Flash, Apple Safari
On the first day of the browser-hacking event, $282,500 in prize money was awarded. Researchers exploited vulnerabilities in Chrome, Flash and Safari. The annual Pwn2own browser-hacking competition at...
View ArticleSeculert Javelin Finds Holes in Security Gateways
Seculert's Javelin technology is designed to help organizations find gaps in their gateway security. A best practice for IT security has long been to deploy some form of gateway security, be it a...
View ArticleOptus cable routers let anyone change passwords, says tech
But shoddy defaults still set username to 'admin,' password to 'password' University of Sydney tech Paul Szabo says Netgear routers provided by Australian telco Optus contain a vulnerability that...
View ArticleFearing no punishment, Denver cops abuse crime databases for personal gain
Noel HidalgoDenver police officers performed searches on state and federal criminal justice databases that were not work-related and instead were made to help officers' in the romance department and to...
View ArticleGov’t accidentally publishes target of Lavabit probe: It’s Snowden
An unredacted version of an appeal document.4th Circuit Court of Appeals via Wired In the summer of 2013, secure e-mail service Lavabit was ordered by a federal judge to provide real-time e-mail...
View ArticleSymantec warns of serious security holes – in Symantec security kit
Even the gatekeepers need patching Symantec is advising users of its Endpoint Protection (SEP) software to update their systems, after three vulnerabilities were reported in the computer defense tools....
View ArticleVehicles 'increasingly vulnerable' to hacking, FBI warns
The FBI and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned on Thursday that the rising use of computers in vehicles poses increasing risks of cyberattacks. The warning comes eight months...
View ArticleCritical FreeBSD bug squashed
Time to upgrade, Unix-like OS-havers Sysadmins need to upgrade networking kit and web servers following the discovery of a critical bug in FreeBSD. FreeBSD is widely used in embedded networking and...
View ArticleSkyport Systems Lands $30M in VC to Secure Infrastructure
SkySecure is a remotely managed platform that establishes a secure enclave for an enterprise's most important business applications. Newcomer Skyport Systems, which has developed new-gen security...
View ArticleBiometrics not a magic infosec bullet for web banking, warns GCHQ bloke
You can change a password. You can't change fingerprints Around the world, banks are implementing biometric authentication systems for their customers as fraud cases increase – but experts warn...
View ArticlePrison phone company says rate caps will make inmates angry and dangerous
Jason Farrar Prison phone companies are trying to stop a new Federal Communications Commission effort to impose rate caps on intrastate calls, with one executive claiming that immediate enforcement of...
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