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LG G3
Bug in pre-installed app opens LG G3 smartphone owners to data theft, phishing

Two BugSec researchers have discovered a serious vulnerability in LG’s G3 Android devices, which can be exploited to steal user data, mount phishing attacks, install …

Java
Oracle announces Java plugin deprecation, death

With a short post by a member of the Java strategy team, Oracle has announced the approaching death of the hated Java plugin. “Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser …

danger
US fast-food chain Wendy’s investigating possible card data breach

Wendy’s, the popular and widespread US fast-food chain, is investigating a possible payment card data breach. The company was notified about the possibility by its payment …

Cisco plugs hole in firewall devices that could lead to device hijacking

Cisco has released a firmware update that plugs a critical, easy-to-exploit vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to take control of the company’s RV220W …

cpanel
cPanel notifies customers of possible user database breach

cPanel, the firm behing the popular eponymous web hosting administration and control software, has suffered a breach over the weekend. According to a notice posted online and …

match fire
Centene Corp misplaces hard drives with sensitive info of 95,000 customers

US-based healthcare service provider Centene somehow managed to lose six hard drives containing sensitive data of some 95,000 customers. “Centene has determined the hard …

Facebook
Beware of Facebook “Security System Page” scams

Facebook users have lately become targets of phishers who are not satisfied with stealing the users’ login information, but they want their security questions and …

Abstract
A possible future for IoT security

There are many problems with Internet of Things devices, and security is one of the biggest ones. To serve as an example of this important issue, two researchers from …

Review: Automating Open Source Intelligence

Editors: Robert Layton and Paul Watters Pages: 222 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 0128029161 Introduction You can discover a lot – too much, some believe – by digging …

euro
Belgian bank Crelan loses €70 million to BEC scammers

Belgian bank Crelan has become a victim of fraudsters. According to a statement (in Dutch) published last week, the bank has lost over 70 million euros (around $75,8 million). …

Phishing email leads to data breach at University of Virginia

Personally identifiable and financial information of some 1,400 University of Virginia employees has been compromised by attackers in a breach that dates back to early …

linux tux
Versatile Linux backdoor acts as downloader, spyware

Another Linux Trojan has been discovered by researchers, and this one is pretty versatile: it opens a backdoor into the infected device, can download and run additional …

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