Microsoft is speeding ahead with plans to deprecate support for older SHA1-based certificates in the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update due this summer.
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Michigan Power and Water Utility Hit by Ransomware Attack
Lansing Board of Water & Light Hit By Ransomware Attack
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SmartThings Flaws Expose Smart Homes to Hacker Attacks
A team of researchers from the University of Michigan and Microsoft conducted an analysis of a smart home platform from Samsung-owned SmartThings and discovered vulnerabilities that could be exploited for remote attacks. SmartThings says it has taken steps to address the flaws, but downplayed the risk.
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Registration for 2016 ICS Cyber Security Conference Now Open
Largest and Longest Running ICS Cyber Security Conference Opens Registration for 2016 Event
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The World of Cybercrime is Becoming Mythical
Unless you’ve just awakened from a multi-year coma, you know all about the growth in cybercrime. It’s not just the crime that’s exploding—so is board awareness, technology investment, proactive intelligence gathering, news coverage, conferences and more. But one of the fastest growing trends in cyber crime seems to be the adoption of mythical names.
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Gozi Malware Creator Sentenced to Time Served
Nikita Kuzmin, a 28-year-old Russian national who created the notorious Gozi banking Trojan, has been sentenced to time served and ordered to pay nearly $7 million.
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Google Patches 40 Vulnerabilities in Android
Google’s May 2016 security update for the Android operating system patches a total of 40 vulnerabilities, including many rated critical and high severity.
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Bitcoin Claim Ripples Through Virtual Currency World
The world of virtual currencies was stunned Monday when Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright claimed to be the creator of the Bitcoin.
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‘Secure Coding as a Service’ Firm Sqreen Raises $2.3 Million
Paris-based start-up Sqreen announced that it has raised a $2.3 million seed round to ship app 'protection-as-a-service'. This service "provides every developer a simple way to get the security their applications deserve," the company says.
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Compromised RDP Servers Used in Corporate Ransomware Attacks
Researchers from Fox-IT have discovered a new attack vector for ransomware aimed at the enterprise. The attack itself is not new, but the combination of this attack combined with persistence and network analysis prior to activating the ransom is new to Fox-IT.
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