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Europe's data protection laws are some of the strictest in the world, and have long been a thorn in the side of the data-guzzling Silicon Valley tech giants si…
Are you a Firefox user? Mozilla has released Firefox 73 to the Stable desktop channel for Windows, macOS, and Linux with bug fixes, new features, and security …
HuaweiÂcan covertly access mobile networks through back doors meant for law enforcement, the U.S. has told allies in a bid to show that the firm poses a securi…
The realistic approach to security is that incidents occur. While ideally, the CISO would want to prevent all of them, in practice, some will succeed to a cert…
Emotet, the notorious trojan behind a number of botnet-driven spam campaigns and ransomware attacks, has found a new attack vector: using already infected devi…
Another wave of ransomware attacks are targeting systems with a novel strategy. As discovered by researchers, the new ransomware campaignNew Ransomware Attacks…
A few hours after Adobe today released security updates for five of its widely-distributed software, Microsoft also issued its February 2020 Patch Tuesday edit…
In what may prove to be the biggest migration from Windows to the Linux desktop, the South Korean government is looking into shifting from Windows 7 to a trio …
Linux has managed to build a reputation around being one of the most secure operating systems available today. But too many people tend to take its built-in se…
Researchers have devised a new strategy to target air-gapped systems. Dubbed BRIGHTNESS, the attack method exploits the screen brightness settingsBRIGHTNESS At…
An election campaigning website operated by Likud'the ruling political party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu'inadvertently exposed personal inform…
The United States Department of Justice today announced charges against 4 Chinese military hackers who were allegedly behind the Equifax data breach that expos…
Linux is arguably software developers' favorite OS. Over 14,000 contributors have invested countless hours in developing the Linux Kernel. With Linux becoming …
Google has revealed a serious security flaw affecting its Android OS. As disclosed, a Bluetooth subsystem vulnerability affected the AndroidAndroid Bluetooth V…
Open-source software isn't a completely chaotic and breached wasteland of vulnerabilities. It's a global effort to make the development lifecycle faster.
Are you a Google Chrome user? Have you heard that Google has announced a timetable for phasing out insecure file downloads in the Chrome browser, starting with…
Realtek has recently confirmed a serious vulnerability in its HD Audio Driver Package for Windows. Upon exploit it could allowRealtek Patched DLL Hijacking Vul…
Opinion: It was incompetence, not politics, that led to the Iowa caucus app misfiring. Above all, it was poor programming. Open-source software techniques coul…
We're living in times where internet privacy could soon become a myth with companies putting in their best foot to get hold of our data for advertising and oth…
A researcher found numerous security flaws in the WhatsApp Desktop platform for both Windows and macOS. The vulnerabilities could allowWhatsApp Desktop Platfor…
An anti-malware is nothing but a software program that our computer needs in order to prevent, find out, and tossWhat Makes An Anti-Malware App Suitable For Yo…
A flaw that gave out root privileges gets patched. It is a utility that,ÂsaidDan Goodin inÂArs Technica,Âcan be found in "dozens of Unix-like operating systems…
As another step towards tightening up the Linux kernel security, Intel's Kristen Carlson Accardi has proposed "FGKASLR" as a significant step forward for bette…
Last year, Facebook's Messenger Kids made it to the news due to serious security issues. This year, Messenger Kids isFacebook's Messenger Kids App to Allow Par…