Researchers find, analyze forged SSL certs in the wild
A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Facebook has managed to get a concrete sense of just how prevalent SSL man-in-the-middle attacks using forged SSL …
Office workers have little trust in digital world
The majority of UK office workers have trouble deciding who to trust in the digital world, however this isn’t surprising considering 14 percent have already been badly …
Women CIOs report higher IT budget increases than their male counterparts
In 2014, female CIOs expect to increase their IT budgets 2.5 percent, whereas male CIOs report an average increase of 0.2 percent, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The …
Key focus areas for security technology investment
A new report from the Security for Business Innovation Council advocates three key areas for technology investment and recommendations for specific security technologies to …
Discover what is happening across your IT infrastructure
Netwrix released Netwrix Auditor 6.0, which now delivers visibility into what is happening across the entire IT infrastructure. It provides the broadest available coverage of …
Why Google prefers numeric CAPTCHAs
Alphanumeric CAPTCHAs – those more or less difficult-to-read combinations that are used by many online services to discern whether a user is human or a bot – have …
Rolling Stones, One Direction fans scammed with fake free ticket offers
Rolling Stones and One Direction fans are being actively targeted by unscrupulous scammers, who encourage them to share a bogus offer of a free ticket to one of the …
Google account passwords stolen in phishing attack
Hackers have been stealing Google account passwords in a new and better crafted phishing attack that is hard to catch with traditional heuristic detection, according to …
Bitly breach details revealed
Bitly has released more details about the breach that made them reset user account credentials and disconnect all users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts late last week: …
Penetration testing device that fits in your pocket
Pwnie Express updated the Pwn Phone, a phone that doubles as a powerful penetration testing device making it easy to evaluate wired, wireless and Bluetooth networks. Pwn …
GE acquires Wurldtech to advance cyber security for key industries
GE announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Wurldtech, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based company. This move is one of several by GE to help protect …
Week in review: Android locker ransomware, password management done right, IE 0-day exploit details
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, interviews, videos and articles: Researchers debunk severity of OAuth “Covert …