Yahoo’s fight against US govt secret surveillance revealed
Unsealed documents from Yahoo’s challenge to the expansion of US surveillance laws in 2007 and 2008 have shown how the company was ultimately made to comply to the US …
Everything you need to know about POS malware
With this year’s dramatic uptick in data breaches targeting retailers and restaurant chains and, more specifically, the payment card data they process every day, …
Internet of Things to make CISOs redefine security efforts
By year-end 2017, over 20 percent of enterprises will have digital security services devoted to protecting business initiatives using devices and services in the Internet of …
Researchers find malicious extensions in Chrome Web Store
Earlier this year, Google has made it so that extension that are not hosted on the Chrome Web Store can’t be installed and used by users of its popular browser. This …
Researchers unlock TorrentLocker encryption
A team of Finnish researchers has discovered that the files encrypted by the recently unearthed TorrentLocker ransomware can be decrypted without paying the ransom – if …
Most people still unconcerned about privacy threats
While cyber thieves continue to breach major corporations such as JP Morgan and, just last week, the Salvation Army and Home Depot, Americans still seem to be unconcerned …
Using thermal imaging for security
Do you work in counter surveillance or physical penetration testing? The physical security field in general? If yes, have you considered using a thermal imaging camera to help …
Massive Gmail credential leak is not result of a breach
By now, you might have heard that there has been a leak of a nearly 5 million username and password combinations associated with Google accounts. According to an RT report, …
What security experts think about Apple Pay
Apple announced Apple Pay, a new category of service that works with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus through a NFC antenna design, a dedicated chip called the Secure Element, and …
Microsoft refuses to hand over emails stored in Ireland, held in contempt by judge
Microsoft has urged US District Judge Loretta Preska, the judge presiding over the case that sees the company refusing to hand some emails stored in its Dublin facility over …
Phishers resort to AES crypto to obfuscate phishing sites
Phishers have started employing AES encryption to disguise the real nature of phishing sites from automatic phishing detection tools. This is the latest obfuscating trick in …
How a large ISP fights DDoS attacks with a custom solution
DDoS attacks are a growing problem. In July, Arbor Networks released global DDoS attack data derived from its ATLAS threat monitoring infrastructure that shows a surge in …