Adobe informed users on Tuesday that it’s preparing a patch for a Flash Player zero-day vulnerability that has been actively exploited by malicious actors.
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Businesses Doubtful That Vendors Would Disclose a Breach: Survey
Companies in the United States aren’t confident that third-party vendors (or providers hired by their vendors) would inform them about breaches involving sensitive and confidential information, a recent survey from the Ponemon Institute reveals.
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WhatsApp Toughens Encryption After Apple-FBI Row
The popular messaging service WhatsApp said Tuesday it had implemented "full end-to-end encryption," a move which steps up privacy but may lead to conflicts with law enforcement agencies.
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ENISA Calls for Cyber Crisis Management Framework
ENISA Calls for Action on Cyber Crisis Management
European Union cybersecurity agency ENISA has urged decision makers in the EU to take action and create a cyber crisis management framework before a major incident occurs.
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Tunisia e-site in Panama Papers Hacked, Goes Offline
Inkyfada, an electronic magazine investigating Tunisian involvement in the so-called Panama Papers, came under attack by hackers on Tuesday just hours after its first postings on the scandal.
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Undisclosed Security Vulnerabilities Exist US Passport/Visa Database: Report
A report has claimed that there are vulnerabilities in the US Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) that contains personal details from everyone who has applied for a US visa over the past twenty years.
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New Locky Variants Change Communication Patterns
Locky, a popular ransomware family that emerged earlier this year, has been displaying changes in its communication patterns in recent weeks, Check Point researchers say.
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New Variant of TinyPOS Discovered
While we wait to discover what and how the Trump Hotel Collection was breached, a new version of the TinyPOS point-of-sale (PoS) malware has been discovered by Foregenix.
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iPhone 6s Lockscreen Bypass Allows Access to Photos, Contacts
iPhone 6s and 6s Plus phones running the latest version of iOS are plagued by a vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass the lockscreen and gain access to photos and contacts.
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Google Patches More Critical Vulnerabilities in Android Mediaserver
Google’s latest set of Nexus patches are rolling out now to resolve multiple Critical vulnerabilities in Android, including a series of remote code execution (RCE) flaws in the mediaserver component.
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