DDoS attacks and SQL injections continue to be the most popular topics of discussions among hackers, respectively attracting approximately 20 percent of all cybercriminal forum threads.

Opaque and incomplete privacy policies are preventing mobile app users from making informed data security decisions.

As national defense becomes an increasingly digital pursuit – and Internet security threats become increasingly mobile – researchers have decided to construct a massive test network linking together approximately 300,000 virtual Android handsets.

After five years of competition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected a successor to the SHA-2 family of encryption standards.

FireEye researchers noted nearly 400 percent year-over-year growth in advanced malware capable of bypassing signature-based detection mechanism such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, gateways and antivirus software.