Adobe patches zero-day Flash Player flaw used in targeted attacks
Adobe Systems released an emergency security update for Flash Player Tuesday to fix a critical vulnerability that has been exploited […]
Security, Software
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US fears second major breach exposed more employee data
A second major cyber breach that might reveal far more personal and damaging information appears to have hit the U.S.
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Russia, China reportedly crack Snowden’s files, identify US, UK spies
Russian and Chinese intelligence agencies have reportedly decrypted files of former U.S. National Security Agency contractor and leaker Edward Snowden,
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Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users
Image:Ken Hawkins Larry Seltzer is the former editorial director of BYTE, Dark Reading, and Network Computing at UBM Tech and
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Kaspersky Lab falls victim to sophisticated state-sponsored attack
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab revealed it recently detected and neutralized what it called a sophisticated, well-planned attack on their network,
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Security breaches a monthly headache for firms, deliberate targeting on the rise, cost of cleaning up doubles
Image: Wessel du Plooy/iStock A growing number of companies are being subjected to increasingly sophisticated attacks on their systems, as
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Let the snooping resume: Senate revives Patriot surveillance measures
Image: Mike Licht The Senate on Tuesday revived three surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act that had expired early Monday
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Security question answers are less secure than the passwords they help protect
We’re reminded on a regular basis that password security is of the utmost importance. Concepts like selecting strong passwords, using
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HTTPS-crippling attack threatens tens of thousands of Web and mail servers
Tens of thousands of HTTPS-protected websites, mail servers, and other widely used Internet services are vulnerable to a new attack
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UK spy agency says to hackers: Come work for us
The UK government surveillance agency GCHQ needs more hackers. The normally secretive agency has taken the unusual step of posting