Mobile security startup Appknox lands funding to focus on Southeast Asia
Bugs be gone! That’s the philosophy behind Appknox , a mobile security startup from Singapore which has raised $640,000 in a pre-Series A ...
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Metapacket analyzes outbound network traffic to flag and block malware
Metapacket , one of YC’s current batch of startups, is hoping to get its SaaS on corporates’ list of essential threat detection software w...
Think a neighbor is stealing your WiFi ? Find out for sure
Is your internet a little slow? Do videos on YouTube take too long to buffer? Do movies on Netflix show up in a lower resolution than expe...
Americans prefer a 'password' over a fingerprint
You can lead Americans towards greater digital security, but you can’t make them trust it. That, at least, appears to be the conclusion dr...
Google is making Gmail safer with new security warnings for malicious links
We’re in the era of the hack, and with an increasing amount of data breaches, it can be important to take the appropriate steps to be as s...
Be alert, cash register credit card readers may be compromised by Oracle Breach
Watch your credit card accounts. A major data breach at Oracle by a Russian organized cybercrime group may have compromised more than 330,...
2 Million 'DOTA 2' Forum Accounts Exposed In Breach That Took Place A Month Ago
If you’re a member of the Dota 2 forum connected to the popular multiplayer online game, now would probably be a good time to change yo...
DEF CON Attendee Finds 75 Percent Of Bluetooth Smart Locks Are Open To Hacks
At this year’s annual DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, a duo of researchers made the startling discovery that roughly 75 percent ...
Ring and ADT partner to achieve smarter home security
ADT has long been an industry leader in home security. It boasts the ability to monitor your home as well as offer remote access to alar...
‘Smart’ locks yield to simple hacker tricks
It’s an open secret that the Internet of Things (if we must call it so) is pretty terrible, whether in standards, interoperability or secu...
Hacker sneaks into airport lounges by generating fake QR codes on his phone
If you’ve ever had to wait hours for a delayed flight you’re fully aware of the difference between slumming it with hundreds of other frus...
New ATM hack allows thieves to make off with up to $50k from a single chip-and-pin card
Touted as a safer solution to magnetic stripe cards, it seems the chip-and-pin (or EMV) counterpart might not be as secure as we once thou...
Florida company has a personal profile on nearly every American adult
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean people aren’t watching you. In fact, if you’re an adult in the United States, they are. Although...
MALWARE ALERT — DON’T PLUG IN THAT USB STICK YOU FOUND ON THE STREET!
Be careful, that “found” USB drive may hold malware that’s just waiting for you to plug it in. Maybe you consider a found USB stick a chan...
Carnegie Mellon’s Mayhem AI takes home $2 million from DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge
The 2016 DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge has concluded, and the winning team — Carnegie Mellon University’s ForAllSecure — is taking home the...
EU-US Privacy Shield open for sign ups from today
U.S. companies needing to transfer personal data of European customers across the Atlantic can now sign up to a new framework to gov...
Can anyone see your fertility data? Glow pregnancy app has security holes
Family planning apps have become more popular lately, but as these apps receive more attention, some of them are facing serious criticis...
Hackers target Vietnam airport screens with political messages
China, the Philippines and Vietnam are embroiled in a bitter dispute over territory claims in the South China Sea (a court has ruled that...
BlackBerry’s security-focused Android identity crisis
Consider BlackBerry. Think about the company, its products, its most iconic features. What comes to mind? Business apps? A QWERTY keyboa...
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