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The rise in false fraud alerts

68% of Americans who have received a fraudulent activity alert from their credit or debit card issuer have received at least one alert in error, according to …

A first aid kit for ransomware infections

“You’ve been hit by ransomware and you don’t know what to do? Jada Cyrus has assembled a helpful “Ransomware Removal Kit” which contains …

Google patches Android Chrome address bar spoofing bug

The existence of another address bar spoofing bug has been revealed, and this one affects the Android Chrome browser.“Due to a problem in handling 204 “No …

Newly disclosed Logjam bug might be how the NSA broke VPNs

Another vulnerability courtesy of 1990s-era US export restrictions on cryptography has been discovered, and researchers believe it might be how the NSA managed to regularly …

Bug in NetUSB code opens networking devices to remote code execution

Researchers from SEC Consult have published details of a critical kernel stack buffer overflow vulnerability in NetUSB, a software component that provides “USB over …

DDoS attacks double, old web application attack vectors still active

Akamai Technologies analyzed thousands of DDoS attacks as well as nearly millions of web application attack triggers across the Akamai Edge network.A surge in DDoS attack …

Hackers breached subsea cable operator Pacnet’s corporate IT network

Global telecommunications service provider and fibre optic subsea cable operator Pacnet has suffered a breach: unknown hackers have gained access to its corporate IT network …

Can you afford to wait 197 days to detect a threat?

Financial services and retail organizations agree, advanced threats are the most serious security challenge facing their organizations, shows a new Ponemon Institute study. …

South Korean minors to be monitored via smartphone spying apps

The Korea Communications Commission, South Korea’s media regulation agency modeled after US’ FCC, has made it mandatory for telecoms and parents to install a …

New UK law says GCHQ agents cannot be prosecuted for hacking

In a job posting published last week, the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) – the UK version of US’ National Security Agency – openly announced …

Fake PayPal payment reversal notification leads to phishing

PayPal phishing attempts take many forms, and one of the most often used techniques is fake emails containing a warning and a prompt to act quickly.An active phishing campaign …

Address spoofing Safari bug opens door for phishing attacks

Hacker David Leo has released a PoC exploit for a Safari vulnerability that can be misused to trick users into thinking they are on one site while they are actually on another …

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