In Cyber Security news this week we read about Biometric Security and the future of passwords. It is an interest idea to think that the next step in password control is to use one that you can’t change.
Biometric security has been in use for some time at the borders and in banks and interestingly 40% of iOS users are making use of fingerprint technology making biometric security commonplace in the home. 100% security with any thing is never really possible and so even with fingerprint scanning, hackers are still able to steal and make use of this data for attacks. The question is, will the novel convenience of a fingerprint scanner be the go-to choice of password control in years to come?
In other news a serious vulnerability in Paypal has finally been patched after being reported back in June 2015. You can find all of the interesting news we found this week below.
Mentioned above
- Lots of good points here Biometrics: The password you cannot change (ZDNet)
- PayPal Patches Serious Flaw in Payment System (SecurityWeek)
More News
- ‘Game of War: Fire Age’ Insider Arrested (InfoRiskToday)
- ‘Spam King’ pleads guilty to sending more than 27M Facebook messages (SC Magazine)
- Android Smart lock: Should you be using it? (TechRepublic)
- Apple Patches Nine Vulnerabilities in QuickTime for Windows (SecurityWeek)
- Certifi-gate is alive, well, and hiding in a Google Play-approved app (ZDNet)
- Court Says the FTC Can Slap Companies for Getting Hacked (WIRED)
- GitHub attacked again as Chinese developers forced by police to pull code (ArsTechnica)
- GitHub wobbles under DDOS attack (The Register)
- Grsecurity Limits Availability of Stable Linux Kernel Patches (SecurityWeek)
- Hacker slaps Dolphin, Mercury browsers, squirts zero day (The Register)
- Hardened Linux stalwarts grsecurity pull the pin after legal fight (The Register)
- A sad announcement because people dont play fair on the GPL Important Notice Regarding Public Availability of Grsecurity Stable Patches (Reddit)
- Malvertising maniac messes MSN, serves corrupted creative (The Register)
- Mobile device screens recorded using the Certifi-gate vulnerability (The Register)
- Netflix Is Dumping Anti-Virus, Presages Death Of An Industry (Forbes)
- Still using ColdFusion? Really? Well, you’ll want to install this patch (The Register)
- Thomson data breach exposes hundreds of customer details (SC Magazine)
- Valve and security: One year on from our open letter (Reddit)
- Can you see where this might head? Oh yes, quite a nice accident to come…. Verizon wants to smartify old cars (The Register)
- So so funny. Or it would be if it wasnt true. 🙂 Why is the smart home insecure? Because almost nobody cares (The Register)
- WordPress sites redirect to Neutrino EK, CryptoWall pushed via Flash exploit (SC Magazine)
- Have a Samsung smart fridge? Your Gmail credentials might be at risk (Yahoo Security)Â
