In July 2015, operations performance management company PagerDuty advised customers to change their passwords after discovering that its systems had been breached.
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Baidu Browser Collects Mounds of User, Device Data: Report
Baidu Browser, a web navigation application available on Android and Windows devices, is collecting a large amount of personally identifiable data and transmitting it to Baidu servers without encryption, Citizen Lab researchers have discovered.
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Sony Hackers Linked to Many Espionage, Destruction Campaigns
Several security firms have teamed up to analyze and potentially disrupt the activities of a threat group that is believed to be behind the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
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Check Point Partners With SCADAfence to Protect OT Networks
Integrated Solution Provides Visibility and Improved Separation between IT and OT Environments
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Exploit for Recently Patched Silverlight Flaw Added to Angler
The French security researcher known as “Kafeine” revealed on Tuesday that an exploit for a recently patched Microsoft Silverlight vulnerability has been added to the Angler exploit kit.
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Why Business Has a Problem With Security Metrics
Security Metrics Need to Extend beyond Quantitative Factors
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Asus Settles FTC Charges Over Router Security
Asus has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges related to the Taiwan-based hardware and electronics company’s failure to secure its routers and protect customers against cyberattacks.
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Cybercriminals View People as the Best Exploit: Report
Cybercriminals are increasingly focusing on tricking humans into becoming their unwitting accomplices in attempts to steal information and money, a new report from Proofpoint reveals.
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“Dust Storm” Attackers Target Japanese Critical Infrastructure
Commercial and critical infrastructure organizations in Japan have been targeted in a multi-year campaign dubbed by researchers “Operation Dust Storm.”
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Apple Fight on iPhone Access Extends to Other Cases
Apple is battling the US government over accessing locked devices in at least 10 cases around the country, in addition to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino attackers, court documents show.
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