Chrome extensions easily disabled without user interaction
Independent researcher Mathias Karlsson has discovered a vulnerability that can be exploited to disable Chrome extensions without user interaction.Apparently, the bug has …
Health records of 5.5 million US patients accessed in MIE breach
The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigating into the recent breach suffered by Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) and its subsidiary …
Hacker steals Bitdefender customer info, blackmails company
A hacker has managed to access a database containing usernames and passwords of customers of Romanian AV maker Bitdefender, and has tried to blackmail the company into paying …
Hospitals advised to stop using vulnerable computerized drug pumps
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a safety communication warning healthcare facilities using the Hospira Symbiq Infusion System – a computerized pump made …
The leading cause of insider threats? Employee negligence
Employee negligence, which may be caused by multitasking and working long hours, can result in insider threats and cost companies millions of dollars each year. It can cost a …
The rapid growth of the bug bounty economy
On average, nearly five high-to-critical priority vulnerabilities are found within the lifetime of a single program, according to Bugcrowd.Another observed trend includes the …
Cyber insurance market to hit US$10 billion by 2020
Continued and sustained cyberattacks are having a ruinous effect on enterprises and driving up the cost of incident response. With over 900 million reported records exposed in …
Week in review: Windows 10 security features, and thwarting user profiling based on typing behavior
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:Over 5,000 mobile apps found performing in-app ad fraudOf the $20 billion projected to …
Fake “Windows 10 Free Upgrade” emails deliver ransomware
“It didn’t take long for malware peddlers to take advantage of the huge interest users have shown into Windows 10. The newest version of the popular software was …
US will revise Wassenaar pact changes
US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will rethink the Wassenaar pact changes regarding “cybersecurity items” that it proposed and made …
Microsoft Edge: New browser, new risks for Windows 10
Microsoft Edge, the new browser in Windows 10, represents a significant increase in the security over Internet Explorer. However, there are also new potential threat vectors …
Cybercriminals are preying on existing vulnerabilities to plan future attacks
Solutionary performed a broad analysis of the threat landscape, which unearthed several key findings. They identified several campaigns targeting the bash vulnerability during …
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