A Critical Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Qualcomm Secure Execution Environment (QSEE) affects around 60 percent of all Android devices around the world, despite being already fixed, researchers warn.
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Manhunt After Millions Stolen in Hours-long Japan ATM Heist
A manhunt is underway for criminals who looted millions from Japan's cash machines nationwide in an hours-long heist, officials and reports said Monday.
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Exploit for Recently Patched Flash Flaw Added to Magnitude EK
The authors of the Magnitude exploit kit have already started integrating an exploit for a recently patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability.
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Carding Website Operator Extradited to United States
The Department of Justice announced on Friday that a Macedonian citizen charged with crimes related to operating a cybercrime marketplace has been extradited to the United States.
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Multi-Purpose Ransomware Fuels DDoS Attacks
Cybercriminals using Ransomware appear to be leveraging infected machines for additional nefarious purposes, such as launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, researchers at Invincea warn.
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Flaws Allowed Hackers to Brute-Force Instagram Accounts
A researcher received a $5,000 bounty from Facebook after finding two vulnerabilities that could have allowed hackers to brute-force Instagram account passwords.
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Podcast: Thomas Rid on Cyberwar, Attribution and the Crypto Debate
Thomas Rid, Professor in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, joins Ryan Naraine on the podcast to discuss his new book, the lack of nuance in the crypto debate and the future of global cyber conflict.
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Vulnerabilities Found in Siemens SIPROTEC Protection Relays
Researchers discovered that Siemens’ SIPROTEC protection relays are plagued by a couple of medium severity information disclosure vulnerabilities. Firmware updates have been released by the vendor for some of the affected products.
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Worm Infects Many Ubiquiti Devices via Old Vulnerability
Ubiquiti Networks has warned its customers about a worm that has been targeting the company’s products by exploiting a critical vulnerability that was patched nearly one year ago.
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Suckfly Hackers Target Organizations in India
Symantec researchers this week detailed what they say is a China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group that has been launching numerous attacks against high-profile entities since April 2014.
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