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WordPress plugin used by millions sports critical site-hijacking flaw

Another popular Yoast WordPress plugin has been found sporting a critical vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers to take over control of the site. A week ago it was …

Fake job seeker’s emails deliver ransomware and info-stealer

The latest Cryptowall-delivery campaign comes with an additional menace: the Fareit Trojan, which is designed to steal logins and passwords from compromised computers, …

Bank of America phishing attack hits customers

Phishers are once again targeting Bank of America customers, warns Malwarebytes’ Chris Boyd. He doesn’t say it, but it’s likely that the potential victims …

State-sponsored hackers target European, Israeli organizations

Rocket Kitten, the APT group of attackers that have been delivering spear-phishing emails with the Ghole malware to Israeli and European institutions late last year, have …

OpenSSL security update less critical than expected, still recommended

As announced on Monday, the OpenSSL project team has released new versions of the cryptographic library that fix a number of security issues. The announcement created a panic …

Polymorphic security warnings more effective than same, static ones

In the last year or so, we have witnessed Google becoming increasingly interested in providing effective warnings that would spur users into making good decisions regarding …

Pinterest swaps T-shirts for money rewards in bug bounty program

After having migrated their online properties to HTTPS and having sorted out the main problems that arose from the move, Pinterest is ready to pay researchers for information …

Windows 10 will let you log in with your face and fingerprint

Windows 10 will be out this summer, available in 111 languages and in 190 countries around the world. In an effort to boost their (legal) numbers in China, Microsoft will …

Google aims to make Play Store safer, sets up human app review team

The time has come for Google to add some more hoops for Android app developers to jumpt through in order to get their offering accepted to the Google Play store. The first …

Personal, healthcare info of over 11M Premera customers compromised

US healthcare provider Premera Blue Cross has suffered a data breach that resulted in a potential compromise of personal, financial and health-related information of as many …

Payments via Facebook Messenger soon to be a reality

A few months from now, US-based users of Facebook’s Messenger app will be able to send and receive money via it for free, the company has announced on Tuesday. The …

Many Android and iOS apps still vulnerable to FREAK attacks

Your browser may no longer be vulnerable to FREAK attacks, but what about the mobile apps you use? According to FireEye researchers, who have tested the most popular apps both …

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