Stories by Fahmida Y. Rashid

With the appropriate tools and environments, developers can take the first step forward in safeguarding app security

InfoWorld talks with Digital Shadows' Rick Holland about the security tools hackers use to protect themselves while ripping you off

InfoWorld talks with GitHub's Jamesha Fisher about the cultural shifts necessary for baking security early into the devops process

You're already breached. Here's how to track down attackers on your network before they wreak havoc

Three months of phone calls prove Windows scammers are more skilled at social engineering than you think

The noted web security guru worries that the key web and application threats aren't getting the right level of focus

Listening to online chatter in hacker forums can give you a jump on juicy vulnerabilities your vendor hasn't fixed

Enterprises should disable Flash or deploy Microsoft's EMET until Adobe's promised patch arrives

Poor understanding of risk leaves health providers vulnerable to attack, as malicious hackers threaten to wreak havoc

Google Apps customers who still rely on SSLv3 or RC4 need to update to TLS or face the prospect of no longer being able to send out mail

Internet security is in crisis. These four proposals offer tangible solutions -- including one scheme to change the Internet's workings from top to bottom

The fixes are available for all supported versions of GitLab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition

Versions 1.0.2h and 1.0.1t of the cryptographic library also patch several more bugs of lesser severity

Ransomware is no joke, but sometimes, amateur attackers use 'pretend' ransomware -- and you can get your data back easily

Ransomware on your system and no backups? Ouch. Check out publicly available decryptor tools and see if they can save you