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Over 930M Android users in danger as Google stops delivering critical patches

Nearly a billion of Android users – over half of the total number of worldwide users – are in danger of being targeted by cyber attackers exploiting …

Rex Mundi hackers try, fail to blackmail Swiss bank

The Banque Cantonale de Geneve has refused to pay the ransom demanded by a group of hackers that goes under the name of Rex Mundi, and they have made good on their word and …

WhiteHat Aviator browser is not secure, says Google developer

Late last week WhiteHat Security open sourced Aviator, its Chromium-based browser that has been marketed as “the most secure browser online.” The browser offers …

Ransomware-wielding crooks made over $217,000 in a single month

Crypto-ransomware continues to be a very effective way for cyber crooks to “earn” serious money: the method is so lucrative that with a single campaign, the crooks …

LizardSquad’s DDoS service is powered by hacked home routers

When the Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox Live gaming networks went down over Christmas and were kept offline for several days afterwards, the hacker collective that calls …

Microsoft scolds Google for lack of flexibility in vulnerability disclosure

Microsoft is not pleased with Google’s recent release of the details of a zero-day Windows 8.1 vulnerability and the code that can be used to exploit it, and has …

Cyber intrusion lead to physical damage at German steel plant

Three weeks ago, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) released its traditional end-of-the-year report about the state of IT security in Germany. It …

Asus wireless router flaw opens network to local attackers

A researcher has discovered a security hole in the firmware of several wireless Asus router models which could be exploited by an attacker to gain complete control of the …

OpenSSL release patches 8 vulnerabilities

The OpenSSL Project has released updates for the popular eponymous open-source library that implements the SSL and TLS protocols. The new releases – 1.0.1k, 1.0.0p and …

Pre-Patch Tuesday alerts no longer publicly available

Microsoft’s Advanced Notification Service (ANS), which for over a decade provided advanced warning about the patches and updates that the company would push out on its …

FBI director confident North Korea was behind Sony hack, still offers no evidence

When late last year the FBI provided an update on their investigation into the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, they fingered the North Korean government as the instigator. …

Hackers use Pastebin to deliver backdoor code

Cyber attackers taking advantage of legitimate online services is not a new thing, and “online clipboard” Pastebin.com is often used to anonymously leak stolen …

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