Finance minister Philip Hammond on Tuesday warned Britain will "strike back" against states hacking into strategic networks in order to avoid a military showdown, as part of a new cyber-defense plan.
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Security Firm Discloses Unpatched Flaws in Schneider HMI Product
A cybersecurity startup has disclosed a couple of unpatched denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities affecting a human-machine interface (HMI) product from Schneider Electric.
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Windows Zero-Day Exploited by Russia-Linked Cyberspies
The Windows zero-day vulnerability disclosed this week by Google has been exploited by the Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Strontium. Microsoft has been working on a patch and expects to release it on November 8.
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DDoS-Capable IRCTelnet IoT Botnet Emerges
A new malware family targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices to ensnare them into distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnets has emerged.
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Symantec Unveils Evolutionary Update to Endpoint Protection Offering
Symantec Unveils Symantec Endpoint Protection 14 With Multi-Layered Protection
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Vulnerability Impacts Web-Exposed SAP Systems
A recently detailed 0-day SAP vulnerability that was patched in September impacts over 900 SAP systems that are exposed to the Internet.
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Hitting Back at Hackers: Debate Swirls on How Far to Go
After a seemingly endless barrage of cyberattacks, debate is heating up on hitting back at hackers where it hurts.
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How Do You Define Prevention?
In discussions about cybersecurity, a word that gets used a lot is “prevention.” How do you prevent cyberattacks before they succeed? Will the cybersecurity measures currently in place offer the prevention of losses due to a cyberattack? What part of an attacker’s playbook does prevention actually stop?
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Google to Distrust WoSign, StartCom Certificates
Google announced on Monday that it has decided to distrust certificates from WoSign and StartCom due to their failure to maintain the high standards expected of certificate authorities (CAs).
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Google Discloses Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability
Google has disclosed a Windows zero-day vulnerability after Microsoft failed to release a patch within the 7-day deadline the search giant gives vendors when it finds a flaw that is actively exploited by malicious actors.
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