Curiosity Kills Security When it Comes to Phishing

Regardless of the amount of training and technology applied to phishing prevention, people are going to click on links, trust messages from supposedly known sources and get into trouble online. A recent academic paper collates the results of an experiment conducted with more than 1,200 German...

20-Year Old Vulnerability Patched in Compression Algorithm

A 20-year old vulnerability in the Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer LZO compression algorithm – used in some Android phones, the Linux kernel, and even Mars Rovers – was finally patched this week. Code stemming from the algorithm’s library function has existed in the wild for two decades, but was recycled ov...

Hacker Infects 2,300 Computers; Court Hears Case of Youthful Curiosity

A hacker who infected over 2,300 computers with a virus capable of stealing banking details did not have serious criminal intentions, a court has heard. Today, lawyers for Anthony Scott Harrison argued that his "youthful curiosity" led him to hack into other people's computers to steal money...