Security awareness training or no, users will keep clicking on dodgy links
There is no way to make humans never click on potentially dangerous links they receive, as the right combination of curiosity, context, and emotions will always beat security …
Enterprises too complacent in the face of rising mobile threats
Enterprises continue to fall short when it comes to protecting corporate data on mobile apps and devices, according to the Mobile Security and Risk Review released by …
More than half of UK enterprises hit by ransomware attacks
A multi-country study that surveyed 540 CIOs, CISOs and IT Directors from companies with an average of 5,400 staff across the UK, US, Canada, and Germany and found that nearly …
Every third American has lost money to online criminals
With nearly half of Americans reporting they have been tricked or defrauded, citizens are concerned that the internet is becoming less safe and want tougher federal and state …
Security analytics: Risk from the inside out
High profile security breaches are at an all-time high. The threat has finally reached the boardroom, and we’re seeing increased security spending. Funds are increasingly …
Android Tamer: Virtual platform for Android security professionals
Android Tamer is a free and open source Swiss army knife type of tool for Android security. The recently released version 4 moves towards Debian package compatibility. Users …
ThreatMarket: The world’s first security search engine
SecurityScorecard is previewing the world’s first security search engine, ThreatMarket, at Black Hat USA 2016. Comprised of patented and proprietary technology, …
Four high-profile vulnerabilities in HTTP/2 revealed
Imperva released a new report at Black Hat USA 2016, which documents four high-profile vulnerabilities researchers at the Imperva Defense Center found in HTTP/2, the new …
Researchers continue hacking cars, and start on heavy vehicles
When Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek demonstrated a year ago how they can remotely exploit vulnerabilities in Chrysler’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and fiddle with its wipers, …
Impatient users saddled with malicious copycats of popular Prisma app
If an iOS app gains extreme popularity but still does not come in a version for Android, it can be practically guaranteed that malware peddlers and scammers will take …
FCC orders TP-Link to allow third-party firmware on their routers
The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau has reached a $200,000 settlement with TP-Link in regards to selling in the US routers that could operate at output …
$77 million in Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex exchange
Popular Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has suffered a security breach that resulted in the theft of millions’ worth of Bitcoin. 119,756 BTC, to be exact, …
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