Latest breaking news on Cyber security Google is still allowing third-party developers to access its users’ Gmail data, it said in a letter to Senators last week. Senators John Thune, Roger Wicker and Jerry Moran had quizzed Google in…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security It is a common trend now to see most of the organizations opting for the cloud. Growing business demands, competition and the growth of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) have helped propel this trend. While…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Digital attackers have a history of targeting public sector organizations. For its 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), Verizon Enterprise tracked 22,788 security incidents that affected the…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security The security and privacy issues with APIs and third-party app developers are something that’s not just Facebook is dealing with. A bug in Twitter’s API inadvertently exposed some users’ direct messages…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security A Latvian hacker behind the development and operation of counter antivirus service “Scan4You” has finally been sentenced to 14 years in prison. 37-year-old Ruslans Bondars, described as a Latvian…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Cody Wilson, the founder and director of Defense Distributed. Daniel Terdiman/CNET The man at the center of the controversy over 3D-printed guns was arrested Friday in Taiwan after being accused of…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security A security researcher has publicly disclosed an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Microsoft Windows operating system (including server editions) after the company failed to…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Getty Images A Twitter bug may have sent some people’s direct messages to developers who weren’t supposed to get them, the company said Friday. Twitter said it discovered the bug in its Account…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security It is now free in every U.S. state to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and that of your dependents, a process that blocks identity thieves and others from looking at private details in your…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security A new ransomware strain does even more than lock up infected computers. James Martin/CNET This new malware isn’t letting any part of an infected computer go to waste.  The Virobot ransomware — spotted…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security The ability to feed key security information onto a big screen dashboard opens up many new opportunities for managing the day-to-day security and maintenance workload as well as providing a useful…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Three young hackers who were sentenced late last year for creating and spreading the notorious Mirai botnet are now helping the FBI to investigate other “complex” cybercrime cases in return to avoid…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Ian Knighton/CNET Some Newegg customers reportedly had their credit card info nicked, as hacking group Magecart strikes again. Security researchers RiskIQ said Wednesday that Magecart inserted…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security The notorious hacking group behind the Ticketmaster and British Airways data breaches has now victimized popular computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer Newegg. Magecart hacking group…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Equifax is still suffering after the 2017 cyber attack. Getty Images The UK fined Equifax £500,000 ($660,000) on Thursday for failing to protect the personal data of up to 15 million citizens in the…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security You can share how much you liked a movie on Facebook, but you’re not supposed to share the actual movie on Facebook! Trevon Franklin did it anyway, and now he’s facing six months in jail. The 22…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Citing “extraordinary cooperation” with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Windows and Linux users need to beware, as an all-in-one, destructive malware strain has been discovered in the wild that features multiple malware capabilities including ransomware, cryptocurrency…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Three men who operated and controlled the notorious Mirai botnet have been sentenced to five years of probation. The Mirai botnet notoriously launched a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)…
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Latest breaking news on Cyber security Facebook has launched a service to help protect legitimate US political campaigns in the run-up to the midterm elections. The service aims to safeguard user accounts by helping campaign workers to set…
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