Cyber Security

Three WordPress plugins have been picking up quite the glare of attention this month after researchers found serious vulnerabilities in them and the numbers are sobering, in that these plugins have been installed on more than 400,000…
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Citrix has issued its first set of patches fixing a nasty vulnerability that’s been hanging over some of its biggest products. The flaw, identified as CVE-2019-19781 on 17 December 2019, affected Citrix’s Application Delivery Controller…
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A Georgia man who co-founded a service designed to protect companies from crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has pleaded to paying a DDoS-for-hire service to launch attacks against others.   Tucker Preston, 22, of…
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Those are the kind of comments left on social media posts as innocent as a picture of a flower, as Sarah Lechmere – who has struggled with eating disorders – told the BBC. Social media posts also pointed her to pro-anorexia sites that gave…
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The FBI has seized the domain for WeLeakInfo.com, a site that sold breached data records, after a multinational effort by law enforcement. Authorities have arrested two 22-year-old men alleged to have operated the site. Based in Fintona,…
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Testing security controls is the only way to know if they are truly defending your organization. With many different testing frameworks and tools to choose from, you have lots of options. But what do you specifically want to know? And how…
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Political campaigns are prime targets for hackers, but most of them don’t have the kind of cybersecurity protection they need. To help fix this problem, Cloudflare announced Wednesday it will offer free web protection for candidates of any…
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Sex tech took over CES in Las Vegas last week, with vibrators, Kegel trainers and even a Band-Aid-esque patch to prevent premature ejaculation on display. Almost all of these devices connect to apps, and many collect data. But what happens…
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What if a stranger could snap your picture on the sidewalk then use an app to quickly discover your name, address and other details? A startup called Clearview AI has made that possible, and its app is currently being used by hundreds of…
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The EU (Europian Union) is considering restricting the use of facial recognition technology for a possible duration of 5 years, in public area sectors. The reason being is the regulators need some time to consider the protection of…
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