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Estonia ID card
Security flaw affects 750,000 Estonian ID cards

An international group of cryptographers has flagged a serious security vulnerability in the chip embedded in Estonian ID cards, the country’s Information System …

Apache Struts
Easily exploitable Apache Struts vulnerability opens businesses to attack

A critical vulnerability in Apache Struts, a popular open source framework for developing web applications, opens any server running an app built using it to remote attackers. …

Privacy
European court says workplace surveillance must not violate workers’ privacy

European companies must strike a fair balance between workplace surveillance and their employees’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. …

password
Researchers reverse 320 million hashed passwords

CynoSure Prime, a “password research collective”, has reversed the hashes of nearly 320 million hashed passwords provided by security researcher Troy Hunt through …

Instagram
Hackers stole contact info of 6 million Instagram users and are selling it online

Last week, Instagram pushed out a patch for a bug in the service’s API that allowed attackers to discover users’ email address and/or phone number. Facebook-owned …

Canadian university scammed out of $11.8 million

MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, is the latest confirmed victim of scammers. “On Wednesday, August 23, MacEwan University discovered it had been the victim of a …

biohazard
Locky ransomware returns with new tricks up its sleeve

Locky ransomware is back, again, delivered with the help of new tricks to fool users and anti-malware defenses. Massive spam campaign Delivered through one of the largest spam …

Trojan
Stealthy backdoor used to spy on diplomats across Europe

A new, sophisticated backdoor Trojan has been used to spy on targets in embassies and consulates across Southeastern Europe and former Soviet Union republics. ESET researchers …

instagram
Attackers exploited Instagram API bug to access users’ contact info

Instagram has confirmed that “one or more individuals obtained unlawful access to a number of high-profile Instagram users’ contact information — specifically …

Update
Patients with St. Jude pacemakers called in for firmware update

Patients using one of several types of implantable radio frequency-enabled pacemakers manufactured by St. Jude Medical will have to visit their healthcare provider to receive …

Office 365
Office 365 account compromise attempts on the rise

Office 365, Microsoft’s software-as-a-service productivity software suite popular with corporate users, is increasingly becoming attackers’ preferred way into …

Advantech WebAccess
Advantech fixes serious vulns in WebAccess HMI/SCADA software

Advantech has plugged nine security holes in WebAccess and has urged users to upgrade the software as soon as possible. Advantech WebAccess is a web browser-based software …

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