Apple was responding to French iOS hacker pod2g’s announcement that he “found a flaw in iOS that [he considers] to be severe”, and that he is “pretty confident that other security researchers already know about this hole, and I fear some pirates as wel…
NCC Group buys Intrepidus for £7.1 million
Manchester, UK based NCC Group has acquired US-based mobile security testing specialist Intrepidus for £7.1m. It is NCC’s ninth acquisition in the network testing and software security space and the third in North America.
Judge rules that the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) applies to online video
Hulu, an online video content provider, had attempted to get a class action against its practice of passing users’ viewing habits to a marketing company dismissed. In June, a California judge tossed six of the seven claims, but deferred ruling on the s…
Cyber Security Challenge UK launches new summer Cyber Camp
The task faced by Cyber Security Challenge UK is to fill the skills gap – there are simply not enough security specialists coming through the system. The organization’s latest innovation is a new 5-day summer camp to be held at Lancaster university ne…
Disttrack/Shamoon: a new targeted and destructive virus
Anti-virus companies and researchers are warning about a new targeted and destructive virus variously known as Shamoon and Disttrack. It seems to be targeted at the oil industry – and it wipes PCs.
Bugs beware: Google to offer researchers bonuses on top of bounties
Google has announced plans to hand out bonuses, in addition to its existing bug bounties, to researchers who report particularly troublesome flaws in its Chrome browser.
Atlanta police provides personal information to insurance scammers
At least three dozen members of the Atlanta police force provided personal information to scammers who posed as agents selling insurance benefits.
NASA not ready for APTs, warns audit
NASA’s inspector general (IG) is criticizing the space agency for not being ready to combat advanced persistent threats (APTs).
Security issues increase corporate BYOD costs
Despite the perception that bring your own device (BYOD) saves organizations money, more than two-thirds of IT professionals believe it increases costs, primarily due to the added security risks and measures required, according to a survey by Lieberman…
Adobe’s patches for Windows and OS/X expose Linux
During June, Google researchers seeking to strengthen the security posture of the embedded PDF reader for Chrome discovered numerous vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader. Most of these were patched in this week’s Adobe security update – but not for Linux.