In a stinging rebuke on the concept of fingerprint security, Germany’s Chaos Computer Club hacks the iPhone 5s fingerprint access and claims “that fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided.”
Shylock Malware Surges to Target Vast Swath of Banking Sector
A resurgence of the Shylock/Capshaw banking threat has hit banks across the EU again, as well as several top US banks. In all, Capshaw is this time being found to affect at least 24 financial institutions.
NCC Group CEO Completes 600km Mountain Cycle for Charity
Eight leading North West businessmen, including Rob Cotton, CEO of NCC Group, celebrated an epic success this week, raising over £210,000 to date for The Christie NHS Trust while beating the hardest stages of the Tour de France route in the process.
FireEye Goes Public; Trading on NASDAQ Expected Today
Market confidence in Silicon Valley is rising again. While Twitter has announced plans for an IPO, FireEye has proceeded with its own, selling more shares at a higher price than at first intended.
RSA Says Don’t Use NIST Crypto Algorithm
Last week NIST recommended that its elliptic curve specification ‘no longer be used.’ Now, in an email advisory sent to customers, RSA strongly recommends that developers discontinue use of Dual EC DRBG and move to a different PRNG.
Apple iOS 7: A Security Overview
Apple’s new iOS 7, pre-loaded on the new iPhone 5s and 5c, is also available for download to older devices. It is said to include more than 200 new features – here we look at some of the security aspects and issues.
30% of Tor Web Browser Transactions Found to Be Fraudulent
Tor is known as a privacy browser, favored by political dissidents, journalists and others looking to be online anonymously. But a new report shows that almost a third of its traffic is fraudulent as well, pointing to its potential status as a criminal…
China’s Hidden Hacking-for-Hire Crew Behind Large-scale Cyber-espionage
A highly sophisticated “hacker for hire” group operating out of China has surfaced. Not quite a crouching tiger or a hidden dragon, but somewhere in between, the “Hidden Lynx” hacking group is a team of professionals with a strong capacity and proven a…
Digital Advertising Alliance Leaves the Do Not Track Working Group
The W3C working party tasked with defining the mechanisms that will underpin Do Not Track processes is now in serious danger of collapse following the third major defection in as many months.
Surveillance Court: NSA’s Data Collection Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court yesterday published an opinion, written on August 29 by Judge Claire Eagen, explaining the legal reasoning behind its order authorizing the NSA to collect data on all US telephone calls.