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Spoofing boarding pass QR codes with simple app

Przemek Jaroszewski, the head of Poland’s CERT, says anyone can bypass the security of the automated entrances of airlines’ airport lounges by using a specially …

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New vulnerabilities affect over 900 million Android devices, enable complete control of devices

Check Point researchers have announced four new vulnerabilities that affect over 900 million Android smartphones and tablets at DEF CON in Las Vegas. QuadRooter is a set of …

Ideas
Four IT trends CIOs need to know about

CIOs looking for a benchmark to gauge IT success can depend on user experience metrics to provide the answer. In each of today’s “third platform” …

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Healthcare cybersecurity market flooded with solutions

Hospitals face heightened concerns due to ubiquitous cyber-attacks that threaten the privacy and security of their data assets and enterprise IT systems. Theft of protected …

Critical infrastructure
It’s time to replace firewalls in industrial network environments

Waterfall Security Solutions announced the expansion of its stronger-than-firewall solution portfolio for industrial control systems and critical infrastructure sites. …

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Week in review: Black Hat USA 2016 coverage, QRLJacking, exposed SAP systems

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Black Hat USA 2016 Want to learn the news from Black Hat USA 2016? Get is all from …

Photo gallery: Black Hat USA 2016 Business Hall, part 2

A few more photos from the Black Hat USA 2016 Business Hall. Featured companies: NSFOCUS, Qualys, FireEye, Synack, Forcepoint, LogRhythm. Also featured is the US Department of …

New home router OS tackles firmware shortcomings

Untangle announced the release of a new operating system for consumer Wi-Fi routers at DEF CON 24. Router hardware has evolved and improved over the years, but its firmware …

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75% of the top 20 US banks are infected with malware

SecurityScorecard released its 2016 Financial Cybersecurity Report, a comprehensive analysis that exposes cybersecurity vulnerabilities across 7,111 global financial …

Zeus Panda variant targets Brazilians, wants to steal everything

A new Zeus Trojan variant dubbed Panda Banker has been specially crafted to target users of 10 major Brazilian banks, but also other locally popular services. “Zeus …

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Fake iPhone order dispatch confirmations hitting inboxes

Fake dispatch confirmation emails for a bogus order of an iPhone from Apple’s App Store are hitting inboxes, warns Hoax-Slayer. This is just the latest variant of the …

DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge
Can a computer system compete against human CTF experts?

DARPA announced on Thursday that a computer system designed by a team of Pittsburgh-based researchers is the presumptive winner of the Agency’s Cyber Grand Challenge. The …

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