Researchers discovered that an SSL flaw in Amazon’s Silk web browser could have been exploited by hackers to monitor users’ search engine traffic.
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Patchwork Threat Actor Expands Target List
The India-linked threat actor known as Patchwork or Dropping Elephant is targeting more than just government-associated organizations, Symantec researchers say.
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Researchers Use Disk Cleanup to Bypass UAC on Windows 10
Researchers have found a way to bypass the User Account Control (UAC) security feature on Windows 10 by leveraging the Disk Cleanup utility.
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FBI Probes Democratic Email Hack, but is Russia to Blame?
The FBI announced Monday it was investigating the embarrassing hack of Democratic National Committee emails — a breach the Clinton campaign blamed on Russia, accusing Moscow of seeking to influence the US presidential election.
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MIT Network Under Frequent DDoS Assault: Report
MIT Hit By More Than 35 DDoS Attacks So Far This Year
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Europol Declares War on Ransomware
Europol has declared war on ransomware with the launch today of its 'no more ransom' initiative. Built around a new online portal (www.nomoreransom.org) and supported by the Dutch National Police, Kaspersky Lab and Intel Security (McAfee), the purpose is to help protect users from ransomware, to help infected victims recover their data, and to gather information for law enforcement agencies.
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FBI Investigating Democratic Party Email Hack: Official
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday it was investigating the "cyber intrusion" at the Democratic National Committee after leaked internal emails show party leaders sought to undermine the campaign of Bernie Sanders.
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Critical Flaws Found in Enterprise File Sharing Tool Filr
Enterprise software maker Micro Focus released security updates for its Filr product last week to patch several critical vulnerabilities discovered by researchers at SEC Consult.
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Kovter Trojan Gets New Persistence Mechanism
The actor behind the Kovter Trojan has come up with a new persistence mechanism over the past weeks and also started masquerading the malware as a Chrome update, Microsoft security researchers warn.
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Palo Alto Networks to Present Live Webinar: Five Steps to a Secure Hybrid Architecture
SecurityWeek and Palo Alto Networks will host a live network security webinar on Wednesday, July 27th at 1:00PM ET: Five Steps to a Secure Hybrid Architecture.
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