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IE
Microsoft drops emergency Internet Explorer fix for actively exploited zero-day

Microsoft has unexpectedly released out-of-band security updates to fix vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Defender. The IE zero-day bug is deemed …

iOS 13
What security and privacy enhancements has iOS 13 brought?

With the release of iPhone 11 and its two Pro variants, Apple has released iOS 13, a substantial functional update of its popular mobile operating system. But while many users …

connected house
Should you trust your smart TV or streaming device?

“Smart” devices might be handy and offer higher quality services, but users should be aware that everything comes with a price. And we’re not talking here …

Windows Defender
A bug made some Windows Defender antivirus scans fail

Microsoft has released a fix for a bug that made its Windows Defender Antivirus fail after a few seconds when users opted for a Quick or Full scan of the system. Users are …

businessman
CISO do’s and don’ts: Lessons learned

Keeping a business safe from cyber threats while allowing it to thrive is every CISO’s goal. The task is not easy: a CISO has to keep many balls in the air while being …

tools
Sandboxie becomes freeware, soon-to-be open source

Sophos plans to open source Sandboxie, a relatively popular Windows utility that allows users to run applications in a sandbox. Until that happens, they’ve made the …

patch
September 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs two actively exploited zero-days

For the September 2019 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivered fixes for 80 CVE-numbered security issues (including to actively exploited zero-days), Adobe fixed flaws in Flash …

Office 365 security: Automated incident response based on playbooks

Five months after introducing Automated Incident Response in Office 365 ATP, Microsoft has announced it’s making it more widely available. Customers who have opted for …

smartphone hear
Is your smartphone secretly listening to you?

The question of whether our smartphones are always listening to us is cropping up on online forums and Twitter almost daily, and most users have had the experience of talking …

email
Critical Exim flaw opens servers to remote code execution, patch now!

The Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) is impacted by a critical vulnerability that may allow local or unauthenticated remote attackers to execute programs with root privileges on …

sale
Cybersecurity issues can’t be solved by simply buying a product

Year after year, data breach losses continue to rise and the cybercrime economy continues to thrive. What is the cybersecurity industry doing wrong? Vendors must genuinely …

Google
Google’s differential privacy library can now be used by anyone

Google has open-sourced a differential privacy library that helps power some of its core products. What it differential privacy? Differential privacy is a method for analyzing …

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