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HTTPS Becoming Increasingly Popular, Alarmingly Intercepted

At the end of January, 2017, Troy Hunt said that “HTTPS adoption has now reached the moment of critical mass where it’s gathering enough momentum that it will very shortly become “the norm” rather than the exception it so frequently…

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Google to Punish Play Store Apps that Don’t Abide the User Data Policy

Google is about to limit the visibility or completely remove apps from Google Play Store that violate their User Data policy. The Next Web has reported that Google has been sending noticed to developers across the world stating the company’s…

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A Bot War Against Windows Tech Support Scams Has Begun

Tech support scams, especially those over the phone, have tricked too many users into giving away personal and payment information, among other negative outcomes. Windows Support tech support scams appear to be the most popular ones. Plenty of Windows users…

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AKBuilder: New Exploit Kit Targets Word Documents, Spreads Banking Trojans

AKBuilder is the name of the latest exploit kit currently being sold in underground markets and advertised in YouTube videos, as revealed by SophosLabs. AKBuilder is actively being deployed alongside two other popular exploit builders – Microsoft Word Intruder and…

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Fileless Malware Plagues 140 Banks Across 40 Countries

Previously associated with nation-sponsored attacks like the Stuxnet worm, fileless malware is now going mainstream. According to an upcoming Kaspersky Lab research, networks of at least 140 banks have been infected by fileless malware that relies on in-memory design to…

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Facebook Subpoenaed for Information on Trump Inauguration Protesters

CityLab has obtained a document proving that Facebook has been subpoenaed by the D.C. police for information concerning protesters demonstrating against the inauguration of President Donald Trump: On Wednesday, one of the individuals who was arrested at protests over the…

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76 iOS Apps Expose Sensitive User Information in MiTM Attacks

According to Will Strafach, CEO of Sudo Security Group, a number of iOS apps that are supposed to encrypt user data don’t do it accurately, and are thus exposing their users. The researcher has uncovered 76 iOS apps vulnerable to…

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MacDownloader Malware Written by Iranian State Hackers Tracks Activists

Apparently, two researchers, Collin Anderson and Claudio Guarnieri, have come across a piece of Mac malware supposedly written by Iranian state-sponsored hackers. The researchers have authored a specific report going into detail about the malware. Their discovery highlights the depths…

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Biometrics Revenue Expected to Reach $15.1 Billion by 2025

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…

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Another Zero Day Bug Found In Windows Versions

An exploit which is zero-day related has been discovered in Windows 10’s versions. The exploit is nothing crucial or serious to be worried about, but Microsoft employees have publicly revealed that this particular exploit conceals multiple risks that may endanger…

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15,000 Vulnerabilities Catalogued in 2016, CVE Flaws Exceeded

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…

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Information To Crack iPhone and iOS Devices Stolen by Hackers and Posted Online

Remember the San Bernadino shooter? Who doesn’t. A while back, his iPhone was cracked by a private company, named Cellebrite who managed to help FBI for the case. Despite the efforts of apple to preserve privacy, Cellebrite has developed tools…

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38% Of Android VPN Apps Use Malware to Track You

VPN is surely a great service. It allows users to tunnel their way through a safe network and remain private and secure while browsing online. This makes VPN the reason for many developers to focus on creating applications that offer…

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WordPress Just Fixed Serious Zero-Day Bug In Versions 4.7 and 4.7.1

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…

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The Dark Web Creates a Market for Employees to Monetize Insider Access

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…

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Display Name Spoofs Most Popular in Corporate Spear Phishing

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…

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Cerber Ransomware Corporate Attacks Explained by Microsoft

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…

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Ransomware Disables Washington Street CCTV Cameras

News have broken out that it was actually a ransomware virus was actually responsible for the shutting down of most of the storage devices responsible for the CCTV on the streets of Washington 1 week before president Trump’s inauguration. Actual…

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Netgear Routers Vulnerable to Remote Access Attacks

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…

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Monero Cryptocurrency to Follow Bitcoin in Criminal Popularity?

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…

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