Google’s Nexus Android devices are considered the most secure by default since they’re guaranteed to receive all security patches for vulnerabilities found internally and those disclosed by third parties. Google’sRead More →
Denis Andzakovic, a security researcher for Security Assessment, has created a tool that can fool the KeePass password manager into exporting its internal passwords database as a CSV file, showingRead More →
Software maker issued security patch hours after reports surfaced it was breached. Developers of the vBulletin software package for website forums released a security patch Monday night, just hours afterRead More →
Free service backed by EFF is now trusted by all major browsers. A nonprofit effort aimed at encrypting the entire Web has reached an important milestone: its HTTPS certificates areRead More →
ESET researchers receive and analyze thousands of new malware samples every day. Earlier this year, one of them caught our attention because it was not an ordinary executable file, butRead More →
To avoid viral stains, go jogging alone or with Bluetooth binned. A vulnerability in FitBit fitness trackers first reported to the vendor in March could still be exploited by theRead More →
Swindlers impersonate Apple service that remotely accesses user desktops. For years, scammers claiming that they’re “calling from Windows” have dialed up Microsoft customers and done their best to trick themRead More →
Some consumer-grade, self-encrypting external hard drives are littered with security vulnerabilities that render their encryption an afterthought. An academic paper published in late September took apart a number of drivesRead More →
The dark web is well known as a space where anything can be bought or sold: guns, drugs, stolen data, and extreme pornography are all relatively easy to get holdRead More →
As long as you meet the minimum speed requirements, that is. Shortly after the announcement of iOS 8 in 2014, Googlemade headlines by saying that it would make full-device encryptionRead More →
Unbelievable Breaking News: IoT kettles are insecure. Security researchers at Pen Test Partners have found a security vulnerability in the iKettle Wi-Fi Electric Kettle that allows attackers to crack the passwordRead More →
This malicious browser looks and acts just like Chrome–except for all the pop-up ads, system file hijacking, and activity monitoring. Security researchers have discovered a fiendish form of browser malwareRead More →
THE CHIP-ENABLED CREDIT card system long used in Europe, a watered down version of which is rolling out for the first time in America, is meant to create a doubleRead More →
A HACKER WHO claims to have broken into the AOL account of CIA Director John Brennan says he obtained access by posing as a Verizon worker to trick another employeeRead More →
A recently discovered zero-day bug may be at fault.Security researchers from both Sucuri and Malwarebytes have observed a recent massive malware distribution campaign that leverages Magento websites to redirect usersRead More →
Apps are “definitely the kind of stuff that Apple should have caught,” researcher says. Researchers said they’ve found more than 250 iOS apps that violate Apple’s App Store privacy policyRead More →
Facebook will now detect when state hackers are trying to hijack accounts, and alert users when it happens Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer at Facebook, has announced a new systemRead More →
The online hacktivist Anonymous conducted powerful DDoS attacks on the official websites of two of the Japan‘s busiest airports and forced them to stay down for about 8 hours. TheRead More →
Code reviewers looking over a mail daemon have turned up a couple of reasonably serious bugs in the Libre SSL code base – and along the way provided a handyRead More →
The number of countries deploying it grows to 32.FinFisher, a piece of spyware sold to governments by a German security vendor, has been linked by recent research to at leastRead More →
