Google helps Adobe improve Flash security
Adobe has been dealt a heavy blow after the Hacking Team data dump produced three Flash Player zero-day exploits and they begun being exploited in the wild.While Adobe was …
600TB of data exposed due to misconfigured MongoDB instances
Shodan, the search engine that lets users find devices connected to the Internet, can be used for a number of different things. As its creator, John Matherly, pointed out, …
Google Chrome update includes 43 security fixes
Google has released Chrome version 44.0.2403.89 for Windows, Mac, and Linux to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of one of these vulnerabilities may allow an …
It’s official: The average DDoS attack size is increasing
New global DDoS attack data from Arbor Networks shows strong growth in the average size of DDoS attacks, from both a bits-per-second and packets-per-second perspective.The …
Information security governance practices are maturing
Information security governance practices are maturing according to Gartner’s annual end-user survey for privacy, IT risk management, information security, business …
Top obstacles to EMV readiness
By October 1, 2015, the majority of U.S. businesses must transition to EMV-capable technologies or become newly liable for any costs incurred from fraud using old magnetic …
Hacking Team’s RCS Android: The most sophisticated Android malware ever exposed
“As each day passes and researchers find more and more source code in the huge Hacking Team data dump, it becomes more clear what the company’s customers could do …
Proposed Wassenaar pact changes will harm cyber defenders instead of attackers
The comment period for the proposed amendments to the Wassenaar Arrangement regarding “cybersecurity items” has ended, and the overwhelming majority of the 150+ …
Microsoft plugs another Windows zero-day with emergency patch
Microsoft has released an emergency update that plugs a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2015-2426) that affects all supported versions of Windows and could allow …
How gamers can help improve critical software security
There’s now a game where sophisticated gamers can help improve security of the country’s critical software. SRI International, in partnership with the University of …
Hardware encryption market revenue to reach $36.4 billion by end of 2015
There are a variety of ways to secure data, either on the perimeter or within the LAN, but the most fundamental method in a defense-in-depth model is hardware encryption. The …
Free tools for detecting Hacking Team malware in your systems
“Worried that you might have been targeted with Hacking Team spyware, but don’t know how to find out for sure? IT security firm Rook Security has released Milano, …