NIST thinks it has reached an important milestone in complex software testing with something called Combinatorial Coverage Measurement (CCM).
Tag Archives: Security threats
Piracy streaming apps are stuffed with malware
Researchers have found that hackers are exploiting vulnerable piracy streaming devices to steal credit card data or rope them into botnets.
NSA asks to end mass phone surveillance
The NSA has asked the White House to end its mass phone surveillance program because the work involved outweighs its intelligence value.
Microsoft drops password expiration from Windows 10 security
Microsoft has recognised that users don’t actually change their passwords when prompted, they just tweak them. And that doesn’t help anyone.
Blochainbandit stole $54 million of Ethereum by guessing weak keys
Someone has been quietly pilfering Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars without anyone noticing or, apparently, caring.
Atlanta Hawks fall prey to Magecart credit card skimming group
The Atlanta Hawks basketball team is recovering after a sophisticated cybercrime group hacked its ecommerce site and planted credit card skimming code on it.
Ex-student records himself using USB Killer to fry college computers
Vishwanath Akuthota faces a potential ten-year stretch after killing at least 66 computers at his former college.
Once again, it’s 123456: the password that says ‘I give up’
A new survey says 46% of users find security confusing, which helps explain how that old clunker keeps popping to the top of breach lists.
Chrome flaw on iOS leads to 500 million unwanted pop-up ads
If you own an iOS device and use the Chrome browser, you may have encountered some strange-looking pop-up ads in the past week.
Oracle issues nearly 300 patches in quarterly update
Oracle’s latest security update covers 297 vulnerabilities, many of which come with a “patch now” warning.