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The biometrics market is expected to continue growing in 2017 and beyond. Its growth is driven mainly by the eagerness of organizations to improve the authentication and identification of users. That being said, it’s no wonder that biometrics is quickly…
2016 has seen the biggest volume of vulnerabilities as revealed by a new report. 15,000 flaws have been catalogued by Risk Based Security. The volume outnumbers the flaws covered by CVE and National Vulnerability Database by more than 6,500, HelpNet…
WordPress recently patched three major security vulnerabilities in its latest update. The flaws could allow for cross-site scripting and SQL injections, and a range of other subsequent issues. The fixes affected WordPress versions 4.7.1 and earlier. Applying the update as…
Last year several reports revealed that privileged users were the riskiest in organizations. Researchers have now established yet another troublesome tendency – an increase of employees turning into insider traders. Apparently, dark web marketplaces have seen an abundance of insiders…
A new GreatHorn report emphasizes on the growth of corporate phishing emails from March to November 2016. The firm has analyzed more than 56 million emails in the given period, gathered from 91,500 corporate mailboxes. GreatHorn researchers concluded that attackers…
Cerber ransomware infections have been infecting more corporate computers than home-based machines, Microsoft report reveals. 2114 infections have been uncovered inbetween December and January, all on corporate endpoints running Windows 10 Enterprise. This Windows edition is supposed to be very…
Netgear routers are currently endangered by serious security loopholes just discovered by researchers. The vulnerabilities were disclosed by Trustwave’s Simon Kenin, who has reported his findings to Netgear. Some fixes have already been rolled out in 2016 but it appears…
Bitcoin may not be the only cryptocurrency of interest to both the FBI and cybercriminals. Monero, which has been outlined as a privacy-focused currency, has drawn the attention of the Federal Bureau due to the possibility of criminal exploits. Related…
In 2016 alone Google has paid out $3 million to security researchers and bug hunters who have reported vulnerabilities in their services. More than 350 researchers from 59 countries took part in the program. We created our Vulnerability Rewards Program…
February 13, 2017, is the day when Google will stop allowing JavaScript attachments on Gmail. These attachments are indeed the most popular way for malware to sneak into a user’s system. More particularly, users will not be able to attach…
One of the largest Dark Web markets, AlphaBay, has been outlined with a huge security problem which allows hackers to access private messages. The issue is due to a vulnerability disclosed by Reddit user Cipher0007 who is most likely a…
Australia’s federal government is about to the brief political parties next month on cybersecurity threats. This move is triggered by worries that the country’s electoral process could be targeted by foreign attackers. According to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Australia should…
Samsung recently confirmed its AI virtual assistant named Bixby. Bixby is about to be one of Galaxy S8 selling points, and this should come to no one’s surprise. Manufacturers are following the AI trend and are actively including such technology…
China is officially transforming the Great Wall into the Great Firewall. On Sunday, January 22, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a statement on its official website stating that government officials are about to start “cleaning up”…
In 2016, DDoS attacks have been one of the biggest threats to organizations, and the trend is expected to continue in 2017. That being said, Lloyds Bank’s incident is the first reported case of a 3-day-long DDoS attack that crashed…
Locky file virus, or Locky ransomware, is being spread once again the wild, Cisco researchers warn. Apparently, a new spam campaign has been detected and even though its scale is small, users should be prepared for ransomware. Cisco has just…
Even though Microsoft dominates the desktop market, malware authors are starting to pay more and more attention to Mac OS. Apple’s operating system is also prone to vulnerabilities, and attackers have succeeded in exploiting them throughout the past two years.…
.HakunaMatata file virus, also known as HakunaMatata ransomware, is a ransomware infection that encrypts the victim’s files and appends the .HakunaMatata extension once the encryption is finalized. The cryptovirus will then display a ransom note containing instructions on the payment…
Oracle’s first quarterly critical dose of patches has been released. Customers are compelled to apply all of the 270 fixes to the corresponding products. Oracle Has Issued 270 Fixes The vast update includes products like Oracle Database Server, Oracle Enterprise…
A security researcher, Andrew Leonov, has been awarded $40,000 on behalf of Facebook for breaching the social network and fixing a remote code execution vulnerability. The researcher succeeded in cracking Facebook by using an ImageMagick flaw. Related: Facebook Bug Reveals…
