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Hackers who DDoSed African telecom and US hospital get long prison sentences
Two men who launched DDoS attacks against a variety of targets have received substantial prison sentences on Friday. Attacks against Liberian telecom 30-year-old Daniel Kaye …
Juniper releases barrage of security fixes for security, networking devices
Juniper Networks has released patches for vulnerabilities affecting its networking and security devices running Junos OS, as well as a bucketload of security flaws in the …
Cisco fixes serious DoS flaws in its email security appliances
Cisco has plugged a heap of security holes in many of its products, including two vulnerabilities (one critical) that open its email security appliances to denial of service …
G Suite warns admins about domain data exfiltration attempts
Google has rolled out new options for the G Suite alert center, to help administrators battle phishing emails more efficiently and spot data export operations initiated by …
January 2019 Patch Tuesday: 49 security patches, 7 critical
Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2019 includes 49 security patches, seven of which are listed as Critical. Of all the plugged security holes, none are reported as …
Battling attacks from global criminal networks in the financial sector
Every now and then, banks and financial institutions (and their customers) are targeted by opportunistic hackers, but they are much more worried about those that are smarter, …
Popular coding advice doesn’t necessarily equal secure coding advice
Stack Overflow is a hugely popular online forum/Q&A site that many programmers and software developers use to find answers to particular programming problems. …
Zerodium offers $2 million for remote iOS jailbreak, $1 million for WhatsApp RCE
Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium has raised again the payouts it offers for most desktops/servers and mobile exploits. A “zero click” iOS remote jailbreak is now …
Most popular home routers lack basic software security features
It’s no secret that too many Internet of Things devices lack adequate security. But is it too much to expect that out home routers – the devices that …
EU launches bug bounties on free and open source software
After setting up a bug bounty program for VLC Media Player in late 2017, the European Commission (EC) has announced the launch of 14 new ones that will cover other free and …
The benefits and limitations of AI in cybersecurity
Today’s AI cannot replace humans in cybersecurity but shows promise for driving efficiency and addressing talent shortage, a new report by ProtectWise has shown. Penetration …
Attackers increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities to enlarge their IoT botnets
Attackers looking to add IoT devices to their botnets are increasingly adding vulnerability exploitation to their attack arsenal, Netscout researchers warn. Instead on just …
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