Researchers have published a paper describing how a piece of malware planted on an air-gapped network can be controlled remotely using an office scanner and a light source, such as a laser or a smart bulb.
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Pro-ISIS Amaq News Site Hacked to Serve Malware
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Continue readingGoogle Patches Dangerous Vulnerabilities in Chrome 57
Google on Wednesday released an update for its Chrome web browser to address five vulnerabilities in the application: one rated Critical and four High risk.
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Security vs. Quality: What’s the Difference?
Quality and security. Two words that share an interesting relationship and no small amount of confusion.
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Audit Finds Over a Dozen NTP Vulnerabilities
Researchers at Germany-based security firm Cure53 have conducted a 32-day audit of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and the NTPsec project and discovered more than a dozen vulnerabilities.
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iOS Scareware Campaign Abuses Safari Vulnerability
One of the vulnerabilities addressed by Apple this week with the release of iOS 10.3 has been being abused by scammers to execute a scareware campaign, Lookout researchers warn.
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Millions of Websites Affected by IIS 6.0 Zero-Day
More than 8 million websites could be exposed to a buffer overflow vulnerability in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 that has been exploited in the wild since July 2016, researchers warn.
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New Mirai Variant Unleashes 54-Hour DDoS Attack
New Variant of Infamous IoT Botnet Launches Attack Against Network of U.S. College
A newly discovered variant of the Mirai botnet was responsible for powering a 54-hour distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, Imperva researchers reveal.
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VMware Patches Flaws Disclosed at Pwn2Own
VMware has released updates and patches for its ESXi, Workstation and Fusion products to address critical and moderate severity vulnerabilities disclosed at the Pwn2Own 2017 competition.
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This Stealthy Malware Remained Unnoticed for Three Years
Stealthy command and control methods allowed a newly discovered malware family to fly under the radar for more than three years, Palo Alto Networks security researchers reveal.
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