British police said Friday they had arrested a teenager on hacking charges, as media reports said the youth was suspected of cracking the personal accounts of top US intelligence officials.
British police said Friday they had arrested a teenager on hacking charges, as media reports said the youth was suspected of cracking the personal accounts of top US intelligence officials.
A security researcher discovered that some SOHO routers from ASUS can be accessed from the Internet even if the WAN access feature is disabled. The vendor has prepared a firmware update to address the issue.
Researchers at security firm Trend Micro have found evidence suggesting that pieces of malware involved in the recent attacks against Ukraine’s energy sector have been used to target other types of organizations as well.
Twitter this week announced the formation of the Twitter Trust & Safety Council, an initiative designed to boost user trust across the social media network.
Google this week said it would stop accepting display ads built in Adobe Flash starting on Jun. 30, 2016, with plans to completely remove them from its platforms by Jan. 2, 2017.
Documents obtained by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) this month show that the New York Police Department used stingrays more than 1,000 times since 2008 without warrants.
Endpoint security firm Bromium has introduced a new security offering that integrates threat isolation, threat analysis, and continuous host monitoring to help organizations lock down their endpoints.
The introduction of legislation that requires vendors to place backdoors in encryption products would be futile due to the global nature of the encryption marketplace, a new study shows.