Lateral Movement Gives Attackers Additional Points of Control in a Compromised Network
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Sweden Military Servers Hacked, Used in 2013 Attack on US Banks
Swedish military computers were hacked and used in an attack targeting major US banks in 2013, the armed forces said on Monday.
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WordPress.com Pushes Free HTTPS to All Hosted Sites
WordPress.com has announced free HTTPS for all custom domains that it hosts, including blogs and websites.
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Nuclear Exploit Kit Uses Tor to Download Payload
Researchers at Cisco have spotted an instance of the Nuclear exploit kit where the final payload is downloaded via the Tor network in order to make tracking more difficult.
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Wurldtech Launches Managed Security Services for Industrial Networks
GE-owned Wurldtech, a provider of cyber security products and services for operational technology (OT) environments, announced new services this week designed to help customers protect their industrial networks from cyber threats.
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US Keeps Apple Encryption Battle Alive in Drug Case
The US government on Friday kept its encryption battle with Apple alive, pressing the high-tech giant to help crack an iPhone in a drug case in New York.
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55 Million Exposed After Hack of Philippine Election Site
A cyber-attack on the website of the Philippines Commission on Elections (Comelec) has resulted in personally identifiable information (PII) of roughly 55 million people being leaked online.
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Lookout Expands Mobile Security Capabilities With Acquisition of Bluebox Security
Enterprise mobile security startup Bluebox security has agreed to be acquired by Lookout, a provider of mobile consumer and business mobile security products.
While Lookout started with a focus on consumer mobile security, the company has expanded its portfolio to target the enterprise technology market.
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Industry Reactions to Panama Papers: Feedback Friday
Hackers breached the systems of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca and leaked a large number of documents that appear to show how politicians, businessmen and other public figures from across the world used offshore companies to hide their income and avoid paying taxes.
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Researchers Devise Scalable Attack Against Google, Facebook reCaptcha
A group of security researchers has discovered vulnerabilities in the reCaptcha systems of Google and Facebook, and have created an attack that is highly successful at automatically bypassing the protection system.
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