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iPhone, iPad, iOS, Apple
With iOS 10.3, iDevices get new Apple File System with native encryption support

On Monday, Apple released updates for its various products. As usual, they fix flaws and add capabilities, but the iOS update (v10.3) is more noteworthy than usual, as it will …

hole
LastPass is working on fixing latest code execution bug

It’s been an eventful couple of weeks for LastPass developers, as they’ve scrambled to fix a couple of serious flaws in the popular password manager’s …

iOS biohazard
Scareware scammers target iOS users

A bug in the way that Mobile Safari handles pop-up dialogs has been abused to scare iOS users into paying a “fine” in the form of an iTunes pre-paid card. The iOS …

healthcare
Cyber criminals targeting healthcare orgs’ FTP servers

FBI’s Cyber Division has sent out another notification to healthcare organizations, alerting them to the danger of cyber criminals using their FTP servers for various …

Docs.com
Docs.com’s “public by default” setting to blame for users publishing sensitive info?

The search option on Docs.com, Microsoft’s publishing and file sharing service, has been temporarily disabled as it could be used to trawl published documents for …

Miele washer
Medical washer-disinfector appliance’s web server open to attack

Here’s a string of words that you probably never thought you’ll hear: An Internet-connected washer-disinfector appliance by German manufacturer Miele sports a …

Symantec
Google to sanction Symantec for misissuing security certificates

In a post on a developers’ forum, software engineer on the Google Chrome team Ryan Sleevi has announced Google’s plan to start gradually distrust all existing …

Minecraft
Minecraft players get scams instead of mods

Google has recently removed 87 fake Minecraft mods from Google Play, after being notified by researchers about their malicious nature. A partial list of these malicious …

industry
Malware posing as Siemens PLC software is hitting industrial environments

What kind of malware is hitting industrial control systems, and how worried should we and the operators of theses systems actually be? These are question that Ben Miller, …

Microsoft Word
Sushi or pizza? Mac or Windows threat?

Fortinet researchers have made an unusual find: a malicious Word file that is meant to target both OS X and Windows users. As has lately become the norm, when opened, the file …

Windows
DoubleAgent attack uses built-in Windows tool to hijack applications

Security researchers from computer and network security outfit Cybellum have revealed a new zero-day code injection and persistence technique that can be used by attackers to …

password
LastPass extensions can be made to cough up passwords, deliver malware

LastPass Chrome and Firefox extensions contain flaws that could allow malicious websites to steal victims’ passwords or execute commands on their computer. The flaws …

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