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cybercrime
Brother and sister arrested for spying on Italian politicians for years

Two Italian siblings have been arrested on Monday and stand accused of having spied on Italian politicians, state institutions and law enforcement agencies, businesses and …

Amazon
Amazon scammers hijack seller accounts, lure users with good deals

Amazon buyers are being targeted by clever scammers that either set up independent seller accounts or hijack those of already established, well-reputed sellers, then offer …

alert
Nagios Core 4.2.4 closes serious root privilege escalation bug

If you’re using Nagios Core to monitor your systems, networks and infrastructure, and you have not updated to version 4.2.4, you better hop to it. This latest release …

DNSchanger
Malvertising campaign compromises routers instead of computers

The DNSChanger exploit kit is back and more effective than ever, and is being used in a widespread malvertising attack whose goal is to compromise small/home office routers. …

Evernote
Evernote employees will be able to read notes only if users allow it

Evernote has recently announced that, starting on January 23, 2017, Evernote users’ unencrypted notes will be accessible to some Evernote employees. The change to the …

Yahoo
One billion users affected in newly revealed Yahoo hack

Yahoo has revealed that it’s been the victim of another hack and massive data breach that resulted in the compromise of information of a billion users! What happened? …

FBI
Google publishes eight national security letters

Have you ever wondered what a national security letter (NSL) received by Google looks like? Well, wonder no more, as the Internet giant has published eight of them. Along with …

Joomla!
Joomla vulnerability can be exploited to hijack sites, so patch now!

If you’re running a website on Joomla, you should update to the newly released 3.6.5 version as soon as possible – or risk your site being hijacked. The newest …

backdoor
ENISA says crypto backdoors are a bad idea

“History has shown that technology beats legislation, and criminals are best placed to capitalise on this opportunity,” the European Network and Information …

Office 365
Corporate Office 365 users hit with clever phishing attack

Corporate Office 365 users are being targeted by phishers using a clever new trick to bypass email filters and the default security protections of the Microsoft service. The …

Netgear R8000
Netgear pushes out beta firmware for vulnerable router models

Netgear has confirmed that eight of its router models are vulnerable to device hijacking due to a vulnerability that can be easily exploited by remote, unauthenticated …

android
More Android-powered devices found with Trojans in their firmware

Doctor Web researchers have discovered two types of downloader Trojans that have been incorporated in the firmware of a number of Android-powered devices. Both Trojans are …

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