18.5 Million Californians’ Personal Data Exposed in 2013
California Attorney General Kamala Harris recently released the second annual California Data Breach Report [PDF], which details the 167 data breaches disclosed in 2013 …
Shellshock a Fail for Security Disclosure
At the annual SecTor Toronto security conference, one of the key highlights for the last several years has been the Fail Panel, which examines …
Want to Beat Social Engineering? Training Is Key
Of all the misunderstandings out there about hacking and network security, one of the biggest may be that network intrusion and data theft are …
Online security: Pakistani helps Google avoid privacy disaster
A Pakistani security researcher has helped Google fix a major security flaw in its Android operating system for smartphones, protecting the personal data of …
Apple issues seven updates, fixes more than 40 vulnerabilities in iOS 8, OS 10.9.5
Microsoft reflexively releases patches for its product one Tuesday of every month to much fanfare. Apple does not, but on occasion, the Cupertino, Calif.-based …
Firefox 32 includes public key pinning, fixes critical vulnerabilities
Six security advisories – three of which are deemed critical – were addressed in the Tuesday release of Firefox 32, which also comes with …
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