software

HandBrake malware attack led to theft of Panic apps’ source code

May 18, 2017

Oregon-based software company Panic Inc. has announced that some of the source code for their offerings has been stolen, and they are being blackmailed by the attackers. Panic …

US intelligence chiefs don’t trust Kaspersky Lab software

May 12, 2017

The big question in Thursday’s intelligence hearing on worldwide threats before the US Senate Intelligence Committee was whether the Russian government interfered with …

Google found over 1,000 bugs in 47 open source projects

May 9, 2017

In the last five months, Google’s OSS-Fuzz program has unearthed over 1,000 bugs in 47 open source software projects, and it’s ready to integrate even more of …

SharePoint houses sensitive data, but organizations are not keeping it safe

May 8, 2017

A new report from The Ponemon Institute is focused on how organizations are keeping sensitive or confidential data safe in collaboration and file sharing environments such as …

If you downloaded HandBrake for Mac, you could be infected with Proton RAT

May 8, 2017

A mirror download server of HandBrake, a popular open source video conversion app for Mac, has been compromised, and the legitimate app .dmg file switched with a Trojanized …

Critical RCE flaw in ATM security software found

May 4, 2017

Researchers from Positive Technologies have unearthed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2017-6968) in Checker ATM Security by Spanish corporate group GMV Innovating Solutions. The …

How secure are mobile banking apps?

April 27, 2017

Do banking institutions have a good handle on the things they need to remediate and new control layers they need to adopt to keep users secure? To answer those questions, …

Security improvements primary reason for Windows 10 migration

April 26, 2017

Migration to Windows 10 is expected to be faster than previous OS adoption, according to a survey by Gartner. The survey showed that 85 percent of enterprises will have …

SAP closes critical vulnerability affecting TREX

April 12, 2017

SAP closed a critical vulnerability for an issue that was exposed for almost two years. The vulnerability (SAP Security Note 2419592) affects TREX, a SAP NetWeaver standalone …

Use of digital privacy tools increased in wake of Trump’s ascent to power

April 5, 2017

Since Edward Snowden’s revelations about the extent of global online and communications surveillance, the issue of privacy of online browsing habits and digital …

Through inter-app data sharing, Android apps can get your data without permission

April 4, 2017

With a newly developed toolsuite that can analyze Android apps and detect whether two or more of them can collude with each other to acquire information that they would …

Java and Flash top list of most outdated programs on users’ PCs

March 23, 2017

52% of the most popular PC applications, including Flash and Java, are out-of-date. People are exposing their PC and their personal data to risks, as malware targets older …