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Python 3.3.3 fixes several security bugs

Python 3.3.3 fixes several security and a lot of overall bug fixes found in Python 3.3.2. This release fully supports OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In particular, this release fixes an …

1.2% of apps on Google Play are repackaged to deliver ads, collect info

Not a month goes by without security researchers finding new malicious apps on Google Play. According to BitDefender, more than one percent of 420,000+ analyzed apps offered …

Half of SMBs don’t see cyber attacks as a significant risk

Many SMBs are potentially putting their organizations at risk because of uncertainty about the state of their security and threats faced from cyber attacks. According to the …

Google broadens Patch Rewards Program

Google has announced the expansion of its recently unveiled Patch Reward Program, which urges security researchers to submit patches for third-party open source software …

Bogus PS4 and Xbox One giveaways popping up

Just in time for the upcoming holidays and gift-giving, Sony has released PlayStation 4 last week and Microsoft is set to release Xbox One next week. But online scammers are …

New NETGEAR desktop NAS features advanced data protection

NETGEAR announced ReadyNAS 716 (RN716X). With a maximum capacity of 24TB (up to 84TB with expansion chassis), the six-bay ReadyNAS 716 enables storage and extreme throughput …

Mojave Networks unveils offering to protect mobile devices

Mojave Networks announced the availability of its cloud-based, enterprise-grade offerings to protect mobile devices starting at the network level. Using this approach, …

Facebook scammers impersonate missing persons org to harvest “likes”

Creating a Facebook page, making it popular and followed by many by using a number of approaches, then finally selling it to the highest bidder that’s interested in …

vBulletin.com hacked, hackers trying to sell info on 0-day used

The developers of popular Internet forum software vBulletin have announced late on Friday that their network has been attacked and successfully breached, and that the hackers …

Netflix users in danger of unknowingly picking up malware

Users of Silverlight, Microsoft’s answer to Adobe Flash, are in danger of having malware installed on their computers and being none the wiser, as an exploit for a …

Privileged threat analytics to detect in-progress attacks

CyberArk announced the availability of Privileged Threat Analytics, an analytics solution to detect malicious privileged account behavior and disrupt in-progress attacks …

Travelers are exposing their data on public networks

While aware of the risks, U.S. travelers are not taking the necessary steps to protect themselves on public Wi-Fi and are exposing their data and personal information to cyber …

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