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Android 7.0 Nougat
Android 7.0 Nougat is out, with new security features

Google has released Android 7.0 Nougat, and the newest version of the popular mobile OS is already being rolled out to Google’s existing Nexus devices. “Today, and …

TeamViewer
Backdoor uses TeamViewer to spy on victims

A backdoor Trojan with spying capabilities that has been previously directed against European and Russian users is now being lobbed at US users, Dr. Web researchers have …

data
Snowden documents definitely link Shadow Brokers’ leak to the NSA

Last week, Cisco and Fortinet confirmed that the exploits leaked by the Shadow Brokers and aimed at compromising their networking devices work as intended, but the origin of …

threat hunting
Open sourced: Cyber reasoning system that won third place in DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge

Earlier this month, the DARPA-backed Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) has shown that a future in which computer systems will (wholly or partially) replace bug hunters and patchers …

GnuPG
18-year-old random number generator flaw fixed in Libgcrypt, GnuPG

Researchers have discovered a “critical security problem” that affects all versions of the Libgcrypt cryptographic library and, therefore, all versions of the …

danger
Researchers pinpoint best times for delivering security messages

When is the best time to deliver a security message? A group of researchers from Brigham Young University has been tracking users’ neural activity while they are using a …

Compromising Linux virtual machines via FFS Rowhammer attack

A group of Dutch researchers have demonstrated a variant of the Rowhammer attack that can be used to successfully compromise Linux virtual machines on cloud servers. The Flip …

Windows
Windows users will no longer be able to apply individual patches

Since Microsoft began pushing Windows 10 on consumers and enterprise users, it has consistently worked towards minimizing the choices they can make about the installation. One …

Cisco network
Cisco, Fortinet validate exploits leaked by the Shadow Brokers

Cisco and Fortinet have released security advisories confirming that some of the exploits leaked by the Shadow Brokers work as intended. The entity released the batch as proof …

black hat seo
Spammers modify sites’ core WordPress files for long-lasting compromise

In their quest to compromise WordPress installations and prevent site owners from discovering it and cleaning up the website, blackhat SEO spammers have turned to modifying …

NSA
Leaked hacking tools can be tied to NSA’s Equation Group

The batch of data released by the Shadow Brokers, an entity that claims to have hacked the Equation Group, contains attack tools that can be tied to the group. Equation Group …

Rockwell Automation's MicroLogix 1400
Bug in Rockwell’s PLCs allows attackers to modify firmware

There is an undocumented SNMP community string in Rockwell Automation’s MicroLogix 1400 programmable logic controllers that can be exploited by attackers to remotely …

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