China is said to be using a new watering hole attack technique to monitor political dissidents.
Connected Home Threatens Service Provider Data
Energy management, interactive home devices, connected appliances and real time security allows unprecedented access to a variety of service providers.
Bank of England Disables Auto-Complete After Email Blunder
Comms boss accidentally sent sensitive info to a journalist last month
Stegoloader Malware Hides in Images on Legit Sites
Dell SecureWorks warns of stealthy info-stealing malware family
Confusion, Lack of Visibility Plague Security Policy
Less than a third of all respondents, 32%, claim they have full visibility into their global network.
Microsoft Kills the Ask Toolbar
Microsoft security tools will automatically detect and remove almost all versions of the ubiquitous bar from PCs.
Snapchat Adds Two-Factor Authentication for Extra Safe Sexting
Popular messaging app in bid to improve security
Wikipedia to Switch on HTTPS to Counter Surveillance Threat
Encrypted traffic will help protect users from censors and spies, says Wikimedia Foundation
Most Security Depts Blindly Trust Certificates and Keys
Most IT security professionals don’t know how to detect or remediate quickly compromised cryptographic keys and digital certificates.
OpenSSL Patches Logjam Flaw to Foil NSA Snoopers
Update will reject handshakes with DH parameters shorter than 768 bits