Millions of Android devices are at risk yet again after researchers found a new way to exploit an older vulnerability that was previously patched by Google.
Jeremy Kirk |
18 Mar |
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The latest version of the TeslaCrypt ransomware has tidied up a weakness in previous versions that in some cases allowed victims to recover their files without paying a ransom.
Jeremy Kirk |
17 Mar |
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Major websites including the BBC, Newsweek, the New York Times and MSN ran malicious online advertisements on Sunday that attacked users' computers, a campaign that one expert said was the largest seen in two years.
Jeremy Kirk |
16 Mar |
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Tens of thousands of Web browsers may have been exposed to ransomware and other malware over the last few days after malicious advertisements appeared on high-profile websites.
Jeremy Kirk |
15 Mar |
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Google doubled the bounty it will pay for a successful exploit of its Chromebook laptop to US$100,000, sweetening the pot in hopes of drawing more attention from security researchers.
Jeremy Kirk |
15 Mar |
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A patch has been released for a component that enables chats in several instant messaging clients to be encrypted.
Jeremy Kirk |
11 Mar |
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Locky, a new family of ransomware that emerged in the last few weeks, has quickly made a mark for itself.
Jeremy Kirk |
10 Mar |
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The iPhone 5c at the center of the legal battle between Apple and the FBI might be accessible through a delicate hardware technique, but experts warn it would be difficult.
Jeremy Kirk |
10 Mar |
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Let's Encrypt, an organization set up to encourage broader use of encryption on the Web, has distributed 1 million free digital certificates in just three months.
Jeremy Kirk |
09 Mar |
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Google has released 16 patches for Android, including one for a critical remote execution vulnerability in the operating system's mediaserver.
Jeremy Kirk |
08 Mar |
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With the help of security researchers, Apple over the weekend quickly blocked a cyberattack aimed at infecting Mac users with file-encrypting malware known as ransomware.
Jeremy Kirk |
07 Mar |
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A year-long experiment that baited hackers to try and break into systems netted an interesting result: a single letter, x, was one of the most common password guesses.
Jeremy Kirk |
02 Mar |
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Jerome Segura, a senior security researcher with Malwarebytes, was recently stumped by a cyberattack he was studying. It seemed to keep vanishing.
Jeremy Kirk |
01 Mar |
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Security researchers say they've analyzed a new piece of OS X malware likely linked to Hacking Team, the controversial Italian company that sells surveillance software to governments.
Jeremy Kirk |
01 Mar |
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There's a disturbing new angle to cyberattacks that has become more common over the last year, and it is proving costly for organizations: extortion.
Jeremy Kirk |
25 Feb |
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