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A new WordPress version has been released, and you better update to it, as it patches a critical cross-site scripting flaw that can be exploited by attackers to compromise …
Hikvision DVRs sporting bugs that allow device hijacking
A while back, SANS ISC CTO Johannes Ullrich discovered that cybercrooks were targeting Hikvision Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) in order to infect them with bitcoin-mining …
Examining 1 billion transactions for fraud
ThreatMetrix analyzed nearly one billion transactions and is able to provide a representative summary of activity including account creation, payment and login fraud across …
Users of Remote Access Trojans arrested in Europe
Europol and several law enforcement and judicial authorities carried out an action against EU citizens, mainly teenagers and young adults, who are suspected of using remote …
IE “Unicorn” bug actively exploited in the wild
Last week, in its regular Patch Tuesday, Microsoft patched a number of serious vulnerabilities, including one that is nearly two decades old, dating back to Microsoft IE 3.0. …
ITIL and ISO 20000 problem management
Remember this situation? You’re running Windows. The blue screen forces you to reboot your PC. And then it happens again. Incident Management = reboot your PC. And your …
Using company devices for personal activities leads to data loss
GFI Software released the findings of an independent study into how workers use company provided computers and laptops for personal activities, and the direct impact that …
6 tips for protecting your Internet-connected devices
While Internet-connected devices are our window on the world, we don’t realize that for cybercriminals it could be their window into ours if we don’t secure our …
Financial services cyber trends for 2015
If 2014 was the “year of the breach,” then what future cybersecurity threats await us? What’s the next mode of attack, and how much worse will it be? …
Detekt government surveillance spyware on your computer
Amnesty International, Digitale Gesellschaft, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy International have partnered to create and release a free and open source tool for …
Windows Kerberos bug: How to detect signs of exploitation before the update?
Microsoft has shared more details about the critical elevation of privilege bug found in Microsoft Windows Kerberos Key Distribution Center (CVE-2014-6324) which is being …
OpenDNS and IRISSCERT partner to fight security threats
OpenDNS announced a partnership with the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service (IRISSCERT), to provide threat intelligence about new and emerging threats. IRISSCERT …
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