Epic Games forums hacked again, over 800,000 users affected
Some of the online forums maintained by Epic Games, the video game development company behing the Unreal Engine technology and games based on it, have been hacked and their …
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 …
Linux kernel development: How fast it’s going and who is doing it
The Linux Foundation analyzed the work done by over 13,500 developers over more than a decade, to provide insight into the Linux kernel development trends and methodologies …
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 …
Key elements for successfully prioritizing vulnerability remediation
New vulnerabilities are disclosed every day, amounting to thousands per year. Naturally, not all vulnerabilities are created equal. In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA …
Global cyber security market: Competition forecast and opportunities
Increasing cyber attacks on the critical infrastructure has rendered worldwide security at risk. The prime motive behind these attacks is to gain access to financial …
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 …
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 …
Display the cryptographic signing information about any file on your Mac
Verifying a file’s cryptographic signature can help the user deduce its trustability. If you’re using OS X, there is no simple way to view a file’s signature from …
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 …
The deception technology market is exploding
The global deception technology market is expected to generate a revenue of USD 1.33 billion by 2020, according to Technavio. Deception technology was introduced as an …
Week in review: Hacking smart cities, leaked hacking tools, and detecting hardware Trojans
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: eBook: Defending against crypto ransomware Download your copy of the Defending …
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