Google offers high-risk Chrome users additional scanning of risky files
Google is providing a new “risky files” scanning feature to Chrome users enrolled in its Advanced Protection Program (APP). About the Advanced Protection Program …
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Study of global hackers and the economics of security research
Human ingenuity supported by actionable intelligence were found to be critical ingredients to maintaining a resilient infrastructure, Bugcrowd reveals. In fact, 78% of hackers …
UPnP vulnerability lets attackers steal data, scan internal networks
A vulnerability (CVE-2020-12695) in Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), which is implemented in billions of networked and IoT devices – personal computers, printers, mobile …
Healthcare industry at greatest risk of data breach
The healthcare industry has significantly more exposed attack surfaces than any other industry surveyed, according to Censys’s research findings of cloud risks and cloud …
IoC Scanner shows if Citrix appliances have been compromised via CVE-2019-19781
Citrix and FireEye have teamed up to provide sysadmins with an IoC scanner that shows whether a Citrix ADC, Gateway or SD-WAN WANOP appliance has been compromised via …
New method validates the integrity of computer chips using x-rays
Guaranteeing that computer chips, that can consist of billions of interconnected transistors, are manufactured without defects is a challenge. But how to determine if a chip …
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 …
Attackers are targeting vulnerable Fortigate and Pulse Secure SSL VPNs
Attackers are taking advantage of recently released vulnerability details and PoC exploit code to extract private keys and user passwords from vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure …
Nmap 7.80 released: A mature Npcap Windows packet capturing driver, 11 new NSE scripts
Nmap is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network …
Scan reveals known open source vulnerabilities in popular Android apps
Widespread use of unpatched open source code in popular Android apps is causing significant security vulnerabilities, warns the non-profit American Consumer Institute Center …
Yahoo woos advertisers with email scanning for targeted ad delivery
While most tech companies that offer free email services are moving away from email scanning as a source of information for advertisers to target users more efficiently, Oath …
Inferring Internet security posture by country through port scanning
In this podcast, Tod Beardsley, Director of Research at Rapid7, talks about the recently released National Exposure Index, which aims to better understand the nature of …
