Cybersecurity

Read the latest Cybersecurity news on the Packt Hub. We feature up-to-date articles on IT security and hacking. We also feature the latest software security updates and cyber security threats.

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Apple announces the iOS 12.1.4 with a fix for its Group FaceTime video bug

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Yesterday, Apple announced the release of iOS 12.1.4 to fix Apple’s Group FaceTime video bug discovered during the end of last month. Apple immediately...
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Qubes OS 4.0.1-rc1 has been released!

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Yesterday, the Qubes OS community announced the first release candidate of Qubes OS 4.0.1. This is the first of at least two planned point...
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Apache Struts faces code execution flaw risking enterprises to attacks

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Apache Struts 2 has been found with a bug in the core infrastructure of the software. The issue was found by the cybersecurity firm...

Three major Australian political parties hacked by ‘sophisticated state actor’ ahead of election

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Yesterday, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, revealed that “a sophisticated state actor”  was behind a cyber attack on the Australian Parliament's computing network that...

iOS Security Overview

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In this article by Allister Banks and Charles S. Edge, the authors of the book, Learning iOS Security, we will go through an overview of...
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Securing vCloud Using the vCloud Networking and Security App Firewall

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(For more resources related to this topic, see here.) Creating a vCloud Networking and Security App firewall rule In this article, we will create a VMware...
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USC researchers present identification and mitigation techniques to combat fake news

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A group of researchers from the University of Southern California published a paper titled “Combating Fake News: A Survey on Identification and Mitigation Techniques”...

Will Facebook enforce it’s updated “remove, reduce, and inform” policy to curb fake news...

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Facebook announced updates to it’s “remove, reduce, and inform” strategy to better control “problematic” content and fake news across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. No...

Securing our Applications using OpenSSO in GlassFish Security

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An example of such system is integration between an online shopping system, the product provider who actually produces the goods, the insurance company that...
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GitHub increases its reward payout model for its bug bounty program  

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GitHub announced yesterday that it is expanding its bug bounty program by adding some more services into the list, and also increasing the reward...

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Top 6 Cybersecurity Books from Packt to Accelerate Your Career

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With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber-attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. In organizations worldwide, there is not only a dire need for cybersecurity...

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