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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Equifax’s credit report monitoring site is also vulnerable to hacking

The site has at least one vulnerability that allows a hacker to trick users into turning over sensitive data.

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Crackas With Attitude gov’t data leaker sent behind bars

The 25-year-old has been charged with leaking information belonging to thousands of FBI agents.

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Crackas With Attitude gov’t data leaker sent behind bars

The 25-year-old has been charged with leaking information belonging to thousands of FBI agents.

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Researcher discloses 10 D-Link zero-day router flaws

The security researcher says the general public should immediately disconnect their router until patches are available.

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Researcher discloses 10 D-Link zero-day router flaws

The security researcher says the general public should immediately disconnect their router until patches are available.

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Friday, September 8, 2017

Decade-old Windows kernel bug lets hackers bypass security protections

Microsoft said it has no plans to fix the bug.

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Decade-old Windows kernel bug lets hackers bypass security protections

Microsoft said it has no plans to fix the bug.

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Security firm Mandiant said to be helping Equifax in hack aftermath

Equifax earlier on Thursday revealed a massive data breach of 143 million consumers.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Tor Project boosts support for anonymous mobile browsing

As mobile use is on the up, so is the need for secure Internet browsing.

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Tor Project boosts support for anonymous mobile browsing

As mobile use is on the up, so is the need for secure Internet browsing.

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Monday, September 4, 2017

Router flaws put AT&T customers at hacking risk

One of the bugs affects "every single" AT&T U-verse router, potentially millions of customers.

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How blockchain technology can transform the security industry

Implemented correctly, the blockchain may provide the enterprise with more trust in their security systems.

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Sunday, September 3, 2017

KHRAT Trojan sweeps across Cambodia

The RAT has ramped up its technology and techniques to compromise victim PCs, but campaigns appear to have a political purpose.

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National Instruments patches LabVIEW code execution flaw

National Instruments and Talos have clashed over whether the bug is a vulnerability or not.

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Thousands of sensitive mercenary resumes exposed after security lapse

The resumes contained personal and sensitive information on prospective private security contractors, many of which have top secret security clearance.

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Thousands of sensitive mercenary resumes exposed after server security lapse

The resumes contained personal and sensitive information on prospective private security contractors, many of which have top secret security clearance.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

‘House of Cards’ publisher exposes gigabytes of sensitive client files

A backup drive on the publisher's network exposed gigabytes of sensitive client data -- including unpublished books, invoices, details of royalty payments, and contracts.

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FDA issues recall of 465,000 St. Jude pacemakers to patch security holes

Heart patients will have to visit their doctors to have their pacemakers patched for the "voluntary" recall -- but there are risks.

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Forcepoint acquires RedOwl to make security all about people

The company says that the security industry needs to ensure clients fully understand risks to enterprise systems.

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Monday, August 28, 2017

VMWare releases AppDefense to protect enterprise virtual environments

The new security solution is designed to protect virtual and cloud systems from cyberattacks.

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