Security

Pwn2Own contest highlights renewed hacker focus on kernel issues

All Pwn2Own exploits this year achieved privilege escalation, mostly through OS kernel flaws

5 things you need to know about SSL

Here are the basics to help you understand this important technology

FBI warning puts car hacking on bigger radar screen

FBI warns consumers that wireless support and other systems in new cars make them vulnerable to cybersecurity troublemakers

Deutsche Telekom to boost security offering for European enterprises

Services from Zscaler and Zimperium will form part of a centralized security offering from Deutsche Telekom

Comodo’s “default deny” approach keeps known and unknown malware from endpoints  

Many endpoint protection solutions allow files to open if they are not confirmed as malicious. Comodo denies unknown files access until they are proven to be benign

New Stagefright exploit puts millions of Android devices at risk

Researchers continue to find problems in Android's multimedia library

FTC warns app developers against using audio monitoring software

A dozen developers appear to have packaged TV tracking software into their products, the agency says

Cisco’s acquisition of Synata brings search to Spark

Safari, Chrome and Flash Player hacked during first day at Pwn2Own, some of them twice

Hackers take home $282,500 on the contest's first day

NASA’s IG tells space agency to bolster space network security

NASA Inspector General says security deficiencies unnecessarily increase the network’s susceptibility to compromise