Network Security

Online advertising poses significant security, privacy risks to users, US Senate report says

The online ad industry should offer better protections against 'malvertising,' a US Senate investigation found

Microsoft’s .NET Framework security updates further effort to phase out RC4 encryption

The company advises customers to stop using the RC4 cipher in TLS connections because of known weaknesses in the algorithm

Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and Illustrator

All of the security updates address remote code execution vulnerabilities

Senator seeks answers on Samsung’s fingerprint scanner for Galaxy S5

Technology poses security concerns, says Franken

Microsoft Patch Tuesday gives attackers a roadmap to XP vulnerabilities

Microsoft has issued eight bulletins that fix 13 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office

FCC proposal would limit AT&T, Verizon in spectrum auction

The commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on rules for a 2015 auction of TV spectrum

With the Internet of Things, smart buildings pose big risk

As buildings get more automated, they raise new security risks

Leading-Edge UTM: What C-Level Execs Need to Know

Here’s how to chat with your Facebook friends using encryption

Cryptocat can now pull a person's buddy list from Facebook

Avast: Users frequently hitting websites loaded with ransomware

Avast's user base has landed on websites hosting ransomware more than 18 million times over six weeks