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Continue readingMicrosoft Patches Critical Flaws in Windows, Edge, Office
Microsoft has released a total of 16 security bulletins for June 2016 to fix nearly 40 vulnerabilities in Windows, Edge, Internet Explorer, Office and Exchange Server.
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Russian Hackers Breach US Democratic Committee Database: Report
Hackers aligned with Russia's government breached US Democratic National Committee computers and stole data including a trove of opposition research on Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
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Network Security: The Unknown Unknowns
Using the Assimilation Project to Perform Service Discovery and Inventory of Systems
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Flash Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks
Adobe has released security updates for several of its products, but a critical Flash Player zero-day vulnerability exploited in targeted attacks will only be resolved later this week.
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IoT Devices Not Properly Secured on Enterprise Networks: Survey
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming an increasingly important part of enterprise environments, yet companies continue to fail at securing them properly, a recent report sponsored by ForeScout reveals.
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Is a Platform Security Strategy Realistic?
The choice between using a single vendor platform, and integrating best-of-breed point products from different vendors is as old as computing – but is particularly pertinent to cyber security. In April this year Fortinet commissioned a survey of IT decision makers in 10 countries around the world, with particular reference to firewalls; and discussed some of the findings in a blog post yesterday.
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Mobile Ad SDK Exposes iOS Users to Remote Attacks
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Continue readingSamsung Patches Privilege Escalation Flaw in Update Tool
A serious vulnerability in Samsung’s SW Update application allows an attacker to elevate their privileges on systems where the utility is installed, researchers warned on Monday.
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Intel Tackles ROP Attacks With New Technology
Intel has revealed Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET), a new safety mechanism to hinder Return Oriented Programming (ROP) and Jump Oriented Programming (JOP) attacks.
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