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Continue readingTwo APTs Used Same Zero-Day to Target Individuals in Europe
Researchers at Microsoft have observed two separate advanced persistent threat (APT) actors that leveraged the same Flash Player zero-day vulnerability to spy on Turkish citizens living in Turkey and various other European countries.
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Ashley Madison Dating Site to Pay $1.6 Million Over Breach
The operators of the Ashley Madison affair-minded dating website agreed Wednesday to pay a $1.6 million penalty over a data breach exposing data from 36 million users, US officials announced.
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Yahoo Says Newly Discovered Hack Hit 1 Billion Accounts
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Continue readingTrump Meets With Tech Execs, Including His Critics
US President-elect Donald Trump sits down Wednesday with top tech executives — including several of his sharpest critics — to mend fences after a divisive election in which the majority of Silicon Valley backed Hillary Clinton.
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Office 365 Business Users Targeted in Punycode-based Phishing
A new phishing attack targeting Office 365 business email users was found using Punycode to go undetected by both Microsoft’s default security and desktop email filters, Avanan security researchers warn.
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Calls for Security Vendors to Guarantee Products
Insurance is an increasingly important option for cyber defense — but a new survey shows a remarkable difference in attitude between different geographical areas. Against an overall average of 72%, only 49% of UK companies have a cyber insurance policy in place; despite London's dominant position in world insurance and reinsurance.
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What Security Teams Need to Know about DevOps
DevOps is already in use among 19% of IT organizations, with another 19% in a pilot phase. Another 35% intend to implement DevOps in 2017, thereby “crossing the chasm” next year, according to survey results announced by a major analyst firm whose conference on data center, infrastructure and operations was held last week.
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Cyber-attacks Against SWIFT Ongoing, Sophisticated
Cyber-attacks against the SWIFT global banking network have continued throughout the year since the successful theft of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank in February 2016. A letter seen by Reuters and dated Nov 2 warned member banks, "The threat is very persistent, adaptive and sophisticated — and it is here to stay."
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SAP Resolves Multiple Information Disclosure Flaws
SAP on Tuesday released its set of security patches for December 2016, which include 20 Patch Day Security Notes, along with updates for two previously released notes.
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