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More often than not, computer security competitions come in the form of Capture The Flag (CTF) contests, and the emphasis is on breaking systems. This approach helps defenders …

BitTorrent, the company that develops the eponymous peer-to-peer protocol and two popular clients that use it, has announced the release of Bleep, an online communication …

While testing of the systems and networks of a financial services company, a team of penetration testers from Offensive Security have unearthed a number of vulnerabilities, …

There is finally a free alternative for all iOS users who are looking to encrypt their voice calls: the app is called Signal, and has been developed by the Open Whisper …

The Bluebox Security research team has unearthed another critical Android vulnerability. Named “Fake ID,” the security bug can be used by malicious applications to …

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has published a tender offering $111,000 to any Russian company or organization that can provide technology that can …

Cheetah Mobile Threat Research Labs analyzed trends in mobile viruses for Q1 and Q2 of 2014. Pulling 24.4 million sample files they found that 2.2 million files had viruses, …

More than three months have passed since the discovery of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, and many systems are still vulnerable. According to data collected by data analytics …

The vBulletin team has issued emergency patches for the critical SQL injection vulnerability responsibly reported by the Romanian Security Team. The flaw affects vBulletin …

Aorato identified a new threatening flaw within Active Directory that enables attackers to change a victim’s password, despite current security and identity theft …

A group of NGOs that includes the EFF, Global Voices, and Internews, has launched the Digital First Aid Kit, an open source self-assessment tool for people who face digital …

GFI Software released GFI MailEssentials 2014 R2, adding major enhancements to the company’s email security solution. With more than 70 per cent of worldwide email …