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Download: The State of Security Breach Protection 2020 Survey Results

What are the key considerations security decision-makers should take into account when designing their 2020 breach protection?To answer this, we polled 1,536 c…

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Chameleon Attack Can Manipulate Your 'Likes' On Social Media

Researches from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel, have discovered a new cyber attack threatening social media platforms. TheChameleon Attack Ca…

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Popular Android Camera Apps Found Spying On Users

Researchers have found numerous popular Android camera apps stealing users' data and spying on them. Android Camera Apps Caught SpyingPopular Android Camera Ap…

Android

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Citrix Are Finally Patching The Critical Vulnerability Under Active Exploit

A critical Citrix vulnerability has shaken up the cybersecurity community over the last month. The bug that threatened numerous enterprisesCitrix Are Finally P…

Citrix

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BitDam Study Exposes High Miss Rates of Leading Email Security Systems

Imagine receiving an email from US VP Mike Pence's official email account asking for help because he has been stranded in the Philippines.Actually, you don't h…

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Three Day Outage Prevented LastPass Users From Accessing Their Passwords

The popular password manager LastPass seemingly went through technical issues. While it is not yet known what exactly the problemThree Day Outage Prevented Las…

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WP Database Reset Plugin Had Some 'Easily Exploitable' Vulnerabilities

Another threat to WordPress sites has surfaced online. Researchers have discovered some serious security vulnerabilities in theÂWP Database Reset plugin.WP Dat…

WordPress

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The Performance Cost To SELinux On Fedora

FollowingÂthe recent AppArmor performance regression in Linux 5.5Â(since resolved), some Phoronix readers had requested tests out of curiosity in looking at th…

Linux

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Amazon's Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that's not tru

Are you an Amazon Ring user? Plaintiffs suing the company say they created unique passwords but were hacked anyway, and that Ring'sÂdevices lack widely adopted…

AWS

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Critical Bug In Two WordPress Plugins Risked Over 320K Websites

Once again, thousands of WordPress websites are exposed to security threats due to vulnerable plugins. Researchers have found a criticalCritical Bug In Two Wor…

WordPress

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Android Banking Trojan Faketoken Now Also Messages Premium Rate Phone Numbers

Amidst all the new malware that emerge every day, some old viruses also reappear after being revamped. One such exampleAndroid Banking Trojan Faketoken Now Als…

Android

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Evaluating Your Security Controls? Be Sure to Ask the Right Questions

Testing security controls is the only way to know if they are truly defending your organization. With many different testing frameworks and tools to choose fro…

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Kubernetes Launch Bug Bounty Program

Kubernetes has recently announced a much-needed step in the light of its popularity and the growing userbase. Reportedly, Kubernetes hasKubernetes Launch Bug B…

Kubernetes

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Facebook Will Notify Users When Logging In To Third-Party Apps

As announced, Facebook will now notify users while signing in to third-party apps. This will allow users to gain betterFacebook Will Notify Users When Logging …

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Microsoft Warns of Unpatched IE Browser Zero-Day That's Under Active Attacks

Internet Explorer is dead, but not the mess it left behind.Microsoft earlier today issued an emergency security advisory warning millions of Windows users of a…

Windows

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Washington State Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Regulating Data Privacy, Facial Recogniti

Following in the footsteps of their West Coast neighbors, Washington state legislators have introduced legislation to regulate consumer data privacy and the go…

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EU considers banning facial recognition technology in public spac

The European Union is debating a potential ban on the use of facial recognition technologies in public areas which could last for five years, allowing lawmaker…

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P&N Bank Disclosed Data Breach Affecting Numerous Customers

An Australian bank has recently fallen victim to a cyber attack. The P&N bank disclosed a data breach that tookP&N Bank Disclosed Data Breach Affecting Numerou…

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Use iPhone as Physical Security Key to Protect Your Google Accounts

Great news for iOS users!You can now use your iPhone or iPad, running iOS 10 or later, as a physical security key for securely logging into your Google account…

Android Apple

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Broadening the Scope: A Comprehensive View of Pen Testing

Penetration tests have long been known as a critical security tool that exposes security weaknesses through simulated attacks on an organization's IT environme…

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday January Updates Address 49 Vulnerabilities

This week, Microsoft has released the first security updates of 2020. With Patch Tuesday January updates, Microsoft has rolled outMicrosoft Patch Tuesday Janua…

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Google to kill third-party Chrome cookies in two yea

Are you a privacy-conscious Google Chrome user? Google doesn't want to block third-party cookies in Chrome right now. It has promised to make them obsolete lat…

Chrome

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Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may thi

GDPR? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)?ÂHA!ÂThose laws aren't doing squat to protect us from the digital marketing and adtech industry, according to …

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Emotet Malware Targeted United Nations Via Phishing Attack

As reported, a phishing attack targeted United Nations with Emotet malware. The dedicated email phishing campaign targeted 600 UN emailEmotet Malware Targeted …