Amazon has prompted some of its customers to reset their passwords after learning that these might have been used to secure other online accounts as well.
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SAP Patches Multiple Implementation Flaws
SAP this week released its monthly patches for October 2016 to resolve 48 vulnerabilities in its products, including 25 implementation flaws and 12 Missing Authorization checks.
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Moscow Says U.S. Hacking Claims ‘Flattering’, But False
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said that US claims Moscow is meddling in the American election process are "flattering" but baseless.
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Preventing Account Creation Fraud with Two-Factor Authentication
Recent reports of fraudulent account creation by employees at large banks to generate a boost in fees have raised many questions. How can such practices grow to such an immense scale?
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Hackers Can Hijack Dell Email Security Appliances
Dell has patched several vulnerabilities in its SonicWALL Email Security product, including four high severity issues that can be exploited to take control of a system and intercept corporate emails.
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Guccifer Returns to Romania After U.S. Conviction
Marcel Lehel Lazar, the 44-year-old Romanian national known online as “Guccifer,” has returned to Romania after being convicted in the United States on hacking and identity theft charges.
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Microsoft Patches 4 Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
Microsoft’s latest security bulletins patch tens of vulnerabilities affecting the company’s products. Four of the 36 unique CVE identifiers cover flaws that have been exploited in the wild.
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Foreign Spies Hacked Australian Agency, Report Says
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Continue readingDXXD Ransomware Encrypts Files on Unmapped Network Shares
A new ransomware family has emerged that targets servers and encrypts files on network shares even if they haven’t been mapped to the infected computer.
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Firm Linked to Social Media Surveillance Loses Data Access
Washington – Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday cut access to certain data for an analytics firm which according to a civil liberties group helped law enforcement track protesters in social movements.
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