Mobile phone security transformed with 4 new encryption apps
Following the high profile breaches of mobile phone security that have hit the headlines in recent years, a British company has launched a new range of mobile phone apps that …
Researchers share details about recent IE 0-day exploit and its delivery
Given that Microsoft has closed the Internet Explorer 0-day vulnerability that was exploited to compromise US-based defense and financial firms, the Sourcefire vulnerability …
Researchers debunk severity of OAuth “Covert Redirect” bug
Late last week, a Ph.D. student at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore made the information security world pause for a moment by claiming that he had found a …
NIST updates Transport Layer Security (TLS) guidelines
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an update to a document that helps computer administrators maintain the security of information …
Week in review: IE 0-day patched, Windows XP gets unexpected update, and tips on how to learn information security
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: XSS bug in popular Chinese site exploited to launch DDoS attack DDoS …
Facebook unveils Anonymous Login
At the F8 developers conference on Wednesday, Facebook announced that users will soon be offered the choice to login to third-party apps anonymously. “People tell us …
Beware of “free Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.0” offers
As soon as the release of a new version of Malwarebytes’ popular AV solution has been announced, cyber crooks and scammers began exploiting the news. Hosted on random …
US bank customers targeted with vishing messages
Customers of a number of US banks have recently been hit by Voice over IP phishing (vishing) attacks orchestrated by eastern European cyber crooks, warns John LaCour, founder …
Red Hat to acquire open source storage systems’ firm Inktank
Red Hat announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inktank, a provider of scale-out, open source storage systems. Inktank’s flagship technology, …
SANS revamps its Memory Analysis Course
To provide digital forensic and incident response professionals with a more exact and efficient way to investigate advanced attacks, SANS Institute today announced a complete …
CISOs anxious about possible data breaches, employees not so much
If you are a Chief Information Security Officer, chances are you may not be getting much sleep lately according to a recent survey of IT security executives at companies of …
Stanford professor scrutinizes India’s biometric identification program
The cutting edge of biometric identification — using fingerprints or eye scans to confirm a person’s identity — isn’t at the FBI or the Department of Homeland …