Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Cybercriminals are launching 'invisible' attacks to infiltrate the networks of organisations to steal login credentials and financial data -- and the only tool they're using is legitimate software.
It's thought that over 140 organisations including banks, telecommunications companies, and government organisations across the globe have fallen victim to these hidden malware ...
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
Developers with both Mozilla and Tor have published browser updates that patch a critical Firefox vulnerability being actively exploited to deanonymize people using the privacy service.
"The security flaw responsible for this urgent release is already actively exploited on Windows systems," a Tor official wrote in an advisory published Wednesday afternoon. ...
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative was 7 years old in 2009 when we first released the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET). Despite substantial improvements in Windows OS security during that same period, it was clear that the way we shipped Windows at the time (3-4 years between major releases) was simply ...
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
Google has disclosed to the public the existence of a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-7855) that is being actively exploited in the wild.
According to Neel Mehta and Billy Leonard, of the Google Threat Analysis Group, it’s a local privilege escalation in the Windows kernel that can be used as a security ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2016
Ransomware, a variety of malware which encrypts user files and demands payment in return for a key, has become a major threat to businesses and the average user alike.
Coming in a variety of forms, ransomware most often compromises PCs through phishing campaigns and fraudulent emails. Once a PC is infected, ...
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