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BMW
Researchers hack BMW cars, discover 14 vulnerabilities

Keen Security Lab researchers have discovered fourteen vulnerabilities affecting a variety of BMW car models. The flaws could be exploited to gain local and remote access to …

Intel inside
New Spectre-like flaw found in CPUs using speculative execution

A new flaw that can allow an attacker to obtain access to sensitive information on affected systems has been discovered in modern CPUs. CVE-2018-3639, discovered by …

fish phishing
Certain types of content make for irresistible phishes

A mature anti-phishing program keeps organizations safer, claims Cofense, and offers as proof the decreasing susceptibility of their customers’ employees to mock …

editor
The percentage of open source code in proprietary apps is rising

The number of open source components in the codebase of proprietary applications keeps rising and with it the risk of those apps being compromised by attackers leveraging …

Fortnite
Fortnite is coming to Android, but malicious fake apps are already there

Android users eager to play the increasingly popular Fortnite survival game on their mobile devices are being targeted left and right with malicious apps masquerading as the …

Google Chrome
Chrome to dynamically point out “Not secure” HTTP sites

Google expects HTTPS to become the default, and is preparing users for it by slowly moving Chrome towards showing only negative security indicators. Google’s own numbers …

Android
Google will force Android OEMs to push out security patches regularly

Android P, the ninth major version of the widely-used mobile OS, is expected to be released later this year. Google has already announced a slew of security and privacy …

Telegram
Telegrab: Russian malware hijacks Telegram sessions

Researchers have discovered and analyzed an unusual piece of malware that, among other things, seeks to collect cache and key files from end-to-end encrypted instant messaging …

USA
US Senate votes to save net neutrality

The US Senate has voted in favor of net neutrality by approving a Congressional Review Act resolution that would undo the Federal Communications Commission’s December …

business happy
Are security pros happy with their jobs and salaries?

Do security professionals like their jobs and would they recommend a career in cyber security to those looking into one? What do they like about their jobs and what motivates …

White House
White House eliminates Cybersecurity Coordinator role

The White House has eliminated the role of Cybersecurity Coordinator, generally viewed as the top cybersecurity role in the US government. The decision was made by John …

dislike
Careless researchers expose millions of Facebook users’ sensitive data

If you needed another reason to stop sharing intimate information with apps on Facebook or Facebook itself, consider this newest revelation: academics at the University of …

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