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LastPass patched a security vulnerability from the extensions generated on pop-up windows

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Last week, the team behind LastPass, a password manager website, released an update to patch a security vulnerability that exposes credentials entered by the...
NetSpectre attack exploits data from CPU memory

Lilocked ransomware (Lilu) affects thousands of Linux-based servers

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A ransomware strain named Lilocked or Lilu has been affecting thousands of Linux-based servers all over the world since mid-July and the attacks got...
NetSpectre attack exploits data from CPU memory

Exim patches a major security bug found in all versions that left millions of...

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Last week, a vulnerability was found in all the versions of Exim, a mail transfer agent (MTA), that when exploited can let attackers run...
Computer bug, failure or error of software and hardware concept, miniature red ladybug on black computer motherboard PCB with soldering, programmer can debug to search for cause of error.

A bug found in Glibc limits modern SIMD instructions to only Intel, inhibiting performance...

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Yesterday, Mingye Wang reported a bug in the Glibc, GNU C Library. According to him, the dl_platform detection performs "cripple AMD" in the sysdeps...
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At DefCon 27, DARPA’s $10 million voting system could not be hacked by Voting...

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At the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas, for the last two years, hackers have come to the Voting Village every year to scrutinize...
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Mimecast introduced community based tailored threat intelligence tool at Black Hat 2019

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Yesterday, at Black Hat 2019, Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, introduced Mimecast Threat Intelligence which offers a deeper understanding of...
NetSpectre attack exploits data from CPU memory

Winnti Malware: Chinese hacker group attacks major German corporations for years, German public media...

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German public broadcasters, Bavarian Radio & Television Network (BR) and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), have published a joint investigation report on a hacker group spying...
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A universal bypass tricks Cylance AI antivirus into accepting all top 10 Malware revealing...

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Researchers from Skylight Cyber, an Australian cybersecurity enterprise, have tricked Blackberry Cylance’s AI-based antivirus product. They identified a peculiar bias of the antivirus product...
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25 million Android devices infected with ‘Agent Smith’, a new mobile malware

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Two days ago, Check Point researchers reported a new mobile malware attack called ‘Agent Smith’ which infected around 25 million Android devices. This malware...
Computer bug, failure or error of software and hardware concept, miniature red ladybug on black computer motherboard PCB with soldering, programmer can debug to search for cause of error.

An IoT worm Silex, developed by a 14 year old resulted in malware attack...

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This week, an IoT worm called Silex that targets a Unix-like system took down around 2,000 devices, ZDNet reports. This malware attacks by attempting...

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