BlackBerry Makes Pitch for BYOD Market With DTEK50
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Kimpton Hotels Investigating Possible Card Breach
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has launched an investigation after learning that unauthorized charges have been identified on payment cards used at its properties.
Kimpton is a San Francisco-based company that operates more than 60 boutique hotels and over 70 restaurants, bars and lounges in 30 cities across the United States.
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Xen Patches Serious Privilege Escalation Flaw
The Xen Project has released patches for two vulnerabilities, including a serious issue that could allow an attacker to escape the guest virtual machine.
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Vulnerabilities Found in Osram Smart Lighting Products
Researchers at security firm Rapid7 have identified several vulnerabilities in the home and professional versions of Osram’s Lightify smart connected lighting products.
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Researchers Crack Mad Max Botnet’s DGA
Researchers at Arbor Networks, the security division of Netscout, recently managed to crack the heavy obfuscated domain generation algorithm (DGA) of Mad Max, a targeted Trojan that has created a botnet of infected machines in sixteen countries.
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Wireless Keyboards Vulnerable to Sniffing, Injection Attacks
Wireless keyboards from several vendors don’t use encryption when communicating with their USB dongle, allowing remote attackers to intercept keystrokes or send their own commands to the targeted computer.
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Analysts Reveal Arsenal of Cyber Tools Used by Islamic Terrorists
Jihadist groups use a variety of digital tools and online services that allow them to maintain a strong online presence, while also helping them remain undetected by adversaries, a recent report from Flashpoint reveals.
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How Threat Awareness is Different From Threat Intelligence
As I wrote about last month, there is an increasing interest by a wide range of organizations to acquire access to external threat intelligence or feeds.
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SafeBreach Raises $15 Million to Give Enterprises a ‘Hackers View’
Cybersecurity startup SafeBreach announced on Tuesday that it has closed a $15 million Series A funding round to expand its research and development and sales and marketing efforts.
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Microsoft to Launch New Cross-Platform MFA Mobile Apps
Microsoft is launching new Microsoft Authenticator applications next month in popular mobile app stores to provide users with multi-factor authentication (MFA) functionality on the go.
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