The United States on Thursday announced computer hacking charges against seven Iranians working for firms linked to the Iranian government, accusing them of infiltrating dozens of American banks and a major New York dam.
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FBI Defends Handling of Apple Case After Retreat
The FBI Thursday defended the handling of its legal battle with Apple over encryption following an abrupt retreat from its bid to force the tech giant to help unlock an attacker's iPhone.
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Iranian Hacked Computer Controlling US Dam: Prosecutors
BREAKING – One of seven Iranian suspects indicted by the US government and linked to the Iranian government hacked into the system controlling an American dam in 2013, prosecutors announced Thursday.
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Bad Bots Fewer but More Formidable: Report
Bot protection firm Distil Networks has published its annual report that uncovers trends and statistics on global bot traffic across the Internet.
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Cisco Patches Serious DoS Flaws in IOS Software
Updates released by Cisco on Wednesday for its IOS and IOS XE networking software patch several denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities identified by the vendor’s own employees and external researchers.
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Oracle Reissues Patch for Two-Year-Old Java Flaw
Oracle announced on Wednesday that it has released an update for Java SE to address a serious vulnerability.
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Cyber-Attacks Expected Following Belgium Bombings
Cyber-Attacks Expected After Islamic Terrorist Attacks in Belgium
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Mobile Forensics Firm to Help FBI Hack Shooter’s iPhone
Israel-based mobile forensics firm Cellebrite is believed to be the mysterious “outside party” that might be able to help the FBI hack the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter.
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Reducing Time to Detection: Breaking the One-day Barrier
To Consistently and Significantly Reduce Time to Detection, Security Teams Must Combine Sophisticated Threat Defenses with Skilled Security Researchers
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Privilege Escalation Flaw in OS X Allows SIP Bypass
SentinelOne lead OS X security expert Pedro Vilaça discovered a serious local privilege escalation vulnerability in OS X that can be leveraged to bypass Apple’s recently introduced System Integrity Protection (SIP) feature.
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