Locky, a popular ransomware family that emerged earlier this year, has been displaying changes in its communication patterns in recent weeks, Check Point researchers say.
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New Variant of TinyPOS Discovered
While we wait to discover what and how the Trump Hotel Collection was breached, a new version of the TinyPOS point-of-sale (PoS) malware has been discovered by Foregenix.
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iPhone 6s Lockscreen Bypass Allows Access to Photos, Contacts
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus phones running the latest version of iOS are plagued by a vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass the lockscreen and gain access to photos and contacts.
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Google Patches More Critical Vulnerabilities in Android Mediaserver
Google’s latest set of Nexus patches are rolling out now to resolve multiple Critical vulnerabilities in Android, including a series of remote code execution (RCE) flaws in the mediaserver component.
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50 million PII Records of Turkish Citizens Posted Online
Hackers have dumped a database apparently containing personal details of almost 50 million Turkish citizens. The details were posted to an Icelandic organization that specializes in such data dumps. According to SecurityWeek’s research, the server is hosted in Bucharest, Romania.
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Joint UK-US Exercise to Test Nuclear Infrastructure Against ‘Major’ Cyber Attack
The UK Government said it will conduct a joint exercise with the United States next year to test the security of civil nuclear infrastructure against a major cyber attack.
Set to be officially announced soon, the exercise will “simulate a cyber attack on nuclear power supplies” to see how the two allies can work together in the event of such a cyber threat.
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Is Enterprise Security Being Weighed Down by Point Solutions?
The cybersecurity industry is bubbling with new technologies that go after the threat du jour. The threat landscape has evolved, and cyber risk from organized crime and nation states represent a clear and present danger. The impact on enterprise security is severe. Our security is only as good as our ability to coherently and consistently put up a solid defense.
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Researchers Bypass Patch for Old IBM Java Flaw
A patch released by IBM in 2013 for a Java sandbox escape vulnerability can be easily bypassed, according to the security firm that discovered and reported the issue.
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Trump Hotels Investigating Another Possible Data Breach
Trump Hotel Collection has launched an investigation after financial institutions reported seeing fraudulent activity on payment cards used at its properties.
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US Tax Season Fuels Surge in Email Scams
As the US tax season draws to a close, authorities are warning of an alarming rise in "phishing" scams designed to steal sensitive personal and financial information.
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