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Vulnerabilities in WhatsApp Web affect 200 million users globally

Significant vulnerabilities can exploit WhatsApp Web, the web-based extension of the popular WhatsApp application for phones.The exploit can allow attackers to trick victims …

How talking to recognition technologies will change us

Ernest Hemmingway once said, “I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.” Perhaps, like most of the things we do, technology will absolve …

End-to-end encryption is key for securing the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the hottest buzzwords these days. It seems like almost everything is being connected, including cars, streetlights, oil rigs, wearables …

Innovative security research comes to Singapore

Hack In The Box is set to host its first HITB GSEC security event in Singapore next month with a 3 day single track conference and an all women fireside chat session held …

Week in review: iOS malware compromising Apple accounts, and fake recruiters on LinkedIn targeting infosec pros

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:Over 225,000 Apple accounts compromised via iOS malwareResearchers from Palo Alto …

Operational security and cybersecurity come together in Anaheim

The crossroads of cybersecurity and operational security is in Anaheim, California. That’s where the (ISC)2 Security Congress is co-located with ASIS 2015, making this …

PayPal stored XSS vulnerability exposed

Bitdefender researchers have located a stored XSS vulnerability in PayPal that leaves the e-payment service open for hackers to upload maliciously crafted files, capable of …

Vulnerable gambling apps put corporate data at risk

Based on an analysis of hundreds of thousands of scans of mobile apps installed in actual corporate environments, Veracode found that the average global enterprise has …

It’s undeniable, IoT will change security forever

Over 20 percent of enterprises will have digital security services devoted to protecting business initiatives using devices and services in the Internet of Things (IoT) by …

Cyber crooks opt for APT method for delivering malware

“Delivering malware without it being flagged by users and security solutions is one of the biggest challenges malware peddlers face. Luckily for them, if they …

Best practices for ensuring compliance in the age of cloud computing

When was the last time you heard someone utter the sentence, “I’m looking forward to the audit next week.” Most likely, never. Since its invention, the word “audit” has struck …

95% of websites in 10 new TLDs are suspicious

Much has changed since the early days of the Internet when the Web had only six common top level domains (TLDs). Back then, what most consumers and businesses encountered were …

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