It was a great time at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit last month in National Harbor, MD. Good to see old friends and make new ones.
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Windows Information Protection to Address Data Leaks in Windows 10
One of the features that Microsoft will debut in the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update, is Windows Information Protection (WIP), a feature meant to keep user’s information safe even when data leaks occur.
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Satana Ransomware Encrypts MBR and User Files
Satana, a new ransomware family that emerged in the past week, has copied some of its functionality from Petya and Mischa, two connected crypto-lockers observed over the past several months.
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Android Malware Gang Makes $10,000 a Day: Report
China-Based Hackers Compromise 85 Million Android Devices
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Old Office Flaw Still Exploited in Many Attacks
An Office vulnerability patched by Microsoft more than four years ago continues to be exploited in many attacks where malicious actors attempt to deliver malware using specially crafted documents.
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Google Patches Vulnerabilities in Caja Tool
Google has patched several vulnerabilities in Caja that could have been exploited for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks on the Google Docs and Developers domains.
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Spam Campaign Distributing Locky Variant Zepto Ransomware
Zepto, supposedly a variant of the well-known Locky ransomware, was recently spotted in a distribution campaign that involved over 100,000 spam messages, Cisco Talos security researchers warn.
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Critical Vulnerability Breaks Android Full Disk Encryption
Most Android Devices Susceptible to Full Device Encryption Bypass
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Unpatched Flaws Plague Sierra Wireless Industrial Gateways
A researcher has discovered several vulnerabilities in Sierra Wireless industrial gateways, but the vendor will not address the issues because the products are approaching end of life.
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UEFI Zero-Day Allows Hackers to Disable Security Features
A researcher has discovered a zero-day firmware vulnerability that can be exploited by malicious hackers to disable security features on Lenovo, HP and likely other PCs.
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