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Is your router sending out spam?

A Linux Trojan that has been infecting IoT devices for half a year and made them run a SOCKS proxy server has now acquired spam-sending capabilities. About Linux.ProxyM Doctor …

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Spoofed IRS notice delivers RAT through link updating trick

The malware delivery trick involving updating links in Word documents is apparently gaining some traction: the latest campaign to use it likely takes the form of fake emails …

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Equifax directed consumers to fake phishing site for weeks

You can now add another blunder to the already long list of Equifax’s missteps in the wake of the massive breach it announced earlier this month: the company has been …

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Hackers behind CCleaner compromise were after Intel, Microsoft, Cisco

There is a new twist in the CCleaner hack saga: the attackers apparently didn’t set out to compromise as many machines as possible, but were after some very specific …

Apache
Optionsbleed bug makes Apache HTTP Server leak data from memory

On Monday, security researcher Hanno Böck detailed a memory-leaking vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server that’s similar to the infamous OpenSSL Heartbleed bug uncovered …

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Using security cameras and infrared light to extract data from air-gapped networks

Researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible for attackers to covertly exfiltrate data from and send data into an air-gapped network by using the infrared light …

Google Chrome
Google Chrome most resilient against attacks, researchers find

Researchers have analyzed Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer, and found Chrome to be the most resilient against attacks. “Modern web browsers such as …

CCleaner
A clearer picture of the CCleaner backdoor incident

On Monday, Cisco and Piriform – the Avast-owned company behind the popular CCleaner utility – announced that certain versions of the software have been backdoored …

CCleaner
Hackers backdoored CCleaner, likely affecting millions of users

Legitimately signed but backdoored versions of the popular CCleaner utility were available for download from the developer’s Web site and servers for nearly a month, …

Apple Face ID
Apple’s Face ID can be quickly disabled in an emergency

A week ago, Apple debuted iPhone X and Face ID, a new biometric security mechanism that replaces Touch ID. Face ID allows users to unlock their iPhone with their face. The …

Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure confidential computing keeps data in use secret

Microsoft has announced a new Azure (cloud) data security capability: confidential computing. Who’s it for? The capability allows companies to use the cloud even if they …

Google Chrome
Chrome will tag FTP sites as “Not secure”

Google Chrome 63, expected to be released sometime around December, will label resources delivered over the FTP protocol as “Not secure”, a member of the Chrome …

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