A newly discovered Android spyware believed to be targeting high-level executives, but requires manual installation on devices, according to security firm Skycure.
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JavaScript-Based DRAM Attack Allows Covert Data Theft
LONDON – BLACK HAT EUROPE – A new dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) attack method disclosed by researchers on Friday can allow malicious actors to steal sensitive data from a virtual machine, through a covert channel, using JavaScript.
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FireEye Launches New Cloud Products Amid Improved Financials
Cyber threat protection and intelligence firm FireEye this week launched new cloud-based network security and threat intelligence offerings amid improving finances.
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Rapid7 Analyzes Attacks In, Across, Against the Cloud
Security analytics and testing firm Rapid7 this week unveiled Project Heisenberg Cloud, a research project designed to use the cloud to get a closer look at what attackers are doing, both in the cloud and across the Internet.
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ADC Attacks Can Cause Damage in Industrial Environments
Microsoft Edge Tops Browser Protection Tests
Microsoft’s Edge browser blocks the highest percentage of socially engineered malware (SEM) and phishing attacks compared to Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, newly published NSS Labs reports reveal.
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Mirai Botnet Takes Down Internet in Liberia
Mirai, the Internet of Things (IoT) botnet that has recently fueled multiple large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, is now targeting the Liberian infrastructure, taking down the Internet for the entire country, researchers warn.
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Don’t Get Caught in the Noise, Focus Security on What You Can Control
For many of us in the Security Industry, the possibility of using Internet of Things (IoT) devices as a launchpad for an attack has been mostly theoretical. However, information obtained after the recent massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the services offered by DYN.com appears to show that the threat is real and immediate.
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Solving IoT Security – Pursuing Distributed Security Enforcement
For many of us in the Security Industry, the possibility of using Internet of Things (IoT) devices as a launchpad for an attack has been mostly theoretical. However, information obtained after the recent massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the services offered by DYN.com appears to show that the threat is real and immediate.
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DomainTools Service Eyes Potentially Dangerous Domains
Domain name and DNS-based cyber threat intelligence firm DomainTools has launched a new security solution for preventing phishing attacks by idenitfying potentially dangerous domain names.
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