A vast majority – 81% – of Windows machines are running an outdated version of Java, leaving their users wide open to known exploits.
War of the Trojans: ‘Alien’ Invasion Spreads Third-Party Malware
A nasty Android trojan, dubbed Obad.a, is being spread using botnets controlled by other criminal groups and created using a different malware – an “alien” distribution scheme that has peaked researcher interest.
Missouri S&T Combats Campus Cyberwoes with Software Donation
When it comes to cybersecurity, universities are faced with double goals: they struggle to protect their valuable intellectual property, as well as the personally identifying information of their students, faculty and staff. A recent cybersecurity depl…
Vint Cerf: Cyber-Fire Departments Should Be the First Line of Defense
The internet pioneer and chief evangelist for Google has been calling on the industry to get the next billion people connected worldwide, with ideas that range from low-orbiting satellites to cover rural areas to connectivity delivered by giant balloon…
Did the NSA Subvert the Security of IPv6?
Following the Snowden leaks revealing Bullrun – the NSA program to crack the world’s encryption – there is an emerging consensus that users can no longer automatically trust any security.
Clearswift Acquires Jedda Systems
Clearswift, an information governance (or data loss prevention) specialist, has announced the acquisition of the intellectual property rights of Australian firm Jedda Systems – and CEO Heath Davies says ‘watch this space’ for more acquisitions.
With a Sale Looming, Struggling BlackBerry Joins FIDO Alliance
Marking one of the first efforts by mobility specialists to get involved in the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance, the industry consortium revolutionizing online authentication with the first standards-based specifications, BlackBerry has joined the…
NSA and GCHQ Crack Majority of Encrypted Traffic
Given the effort taken by the NSA and GCHQ spy agencies to monitor the greater part of the world’s internet traffic, it was never likely that they would simply ignore all of the encrypted traffic. The latest of the Edward Snowden files show that they d…
Hand of Thief Trojan Has No Claws
The Hand of Thief (HoT) trojan made waves when it hit the Russian cybercrime underground in July, claiming to target all Linux distributions. But the commercial malware is more like a commercial nowhere: it turns out, the hand is easily amputated.
Bugcrowd Snags $1.6 Million for Crowdsourcing Bug Hunting
Crowdsourcing is big. Bug bounties are big. Why not put them together? San Francisco/Australia-based startup Bugcrowd says why not indeed.