Security

Pwnie Express makes vulnerability scanning of remote sites as simple as plug-and-play

Tick, tock: Windows 8.1 users face patch ban as Microsoft sets next week’s updates

Microsoft plans to deliver eight security updates on May 13 for IE, Windows, Office and SharePoint; four are slated for Windows 8.1

IT malpractice: Doc operates on server, costs hospitals $4.8M

New York Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center settle with HHS to end probe into 2010 patient data leak

Heartbleed was a headache, but far from fatal

A month later, evidence of Heartbleed network break-ins sparse, but the mammoth patching marathon continues

Second House committee approves bill to end NSA bulk collection

The House Intelligence Committee scraps its own bill in favor of one that privacy advocates say is stronger

Snapchat settles FTC deception charges, will be monitored for 20 years

Snapchat settles with the agency over 'false promises' around privacy

Glow in the dark — how CISOs can find their way through the darkness of the web

In the digital ocean, predators outnumber protectors

Check Point: ‘Unknown malware’ hits enterprise nets  53 times a day

Check Point's annual security report says attackers are automating 'unknown malware' generation

Antiphishing feature fails in beta Chrome browser, security company says

Google's "Origin Chip" feature doesn't display long URLs, undermining its antiphishing intentions