Apps exploiting Android “Master Key” bug offered on Google Play
Researchers from security firm Bitdefender have unearthed two relatively popular apps on Google Play that leverage the infamous Android “Master Key” bug, but …
Android backup sends unencrypted Wi-Fi passwords to Google
The recent revelations on how Internet giants such as Google, Yahoo, Apple and others are compelled by the US government to give its agencies access to user data have …
Researchers find, Google fixes Glass hijack flaw
Google Glass is scheduled to be made widely available to regular consumers by the end of this year, so the Internet giant has still time to fix the most obvious security flaws …
DDoS attacks are getting bigger, stronger and longer
Prolexic Technologies announced that the average packet-per-second (pps) rate reached 47.4 Mpps and the average bandwidth reached 49.24 Gbps based on data collected in Q2 2013 …
Social engineering tops list of help desk security threats
Help desks are most commonly asked to assist users in addressing common IT problems including password resets and application and connectivity issues. Often the performance of …
Vendors patch security vulnerabilities within 3 weeks
High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab released its statistics on web application security for the first half of 2013. The statistics is based on HTB Security Advisories that …
Many join EFF to sue NSA over illegal surveillance
Nineteen organizations including gun ownership advocates, and a broad coalition of membership and political advocacy organizations filed suit against the NSA for violating …
US retains spamming crown
Sophos has published the latest ‘Dirty Dozen’ of spam relaying countries, covering the second quarter of 2013. As the US retains the top spot among spam-relaying …
Email security: Perception vs. reality
When it comes to email security in the workplace, 98 percent of employees believe they demonstrate either equally secure or more secure behaviors than their colleagues. …
Rapid7 updates Metasploit, Mobilisafe and Nexpose
Rapid7 announced new innovations for its risk assessment and management portfolio. This simplifies remediation, testing and communication of security program performance to …
Oracle releases Critical Patch Update
Relatively quiet Critical Patch Update (CPU) from Oracle this quarter. Relative is of course subjective to Oracle, since this gigantic pile of unrelated code fixes includes 89 …
Modulo updates its Risk Manager solution
New Modulo Risk Manager Version 8.2 features the first release of the new Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) module, as well as delivers over 150 product enhancements to the …