Security
Cyberattacks are on the rise, impacting people, systems, infrastructures and governments with potentially devastating and far-reaching effects. Most recently, these include the massive REvil ransomware attack and the discovery ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Security experts at Ars Technica and Censys have found a second vulnerability in Western Digital's My Book Live devices, suggesting the recent mass deletion of data from the devices may have involved more than one vulnerability. ...
Jun 30, 2021 report
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Security
A devastating cyberattack on US government agencies has also hit targets worldwide, with the list of victims still growing, according to researchers, heightening fears over computer security and espionage.
Dec 18, 2020
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Security
Governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and involved a common software product used ...
Dec 14, 2020
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Security
In the age of social distancing, many employees have found their workplace shift from an office cubicle to a living room couch.
Aug 31, 2020
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Security
Mobile payment apps (e.g. Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay) are more secure than using credit cards at point-of-sale terminals, security experts say. Still, the adoption of mobile payments in the United States lags other ...
Aug 19, 2020
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Software
A security expert revealed this week that an exploit commonly used against Windows users who own Microsoft Office can sneak into MacOS systems as well.
Aug 06, 2020 report
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Hardware
A bug in a protocol used by virtually all Internet of Things devices exposes millions of users to potential attack, a researcher reported Monday. The fault centers on the Universal Plug and Play protocol, a 12-year-old implementation ...
Jun 12, 2020 report
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Hardware
A new attack method affecting Thunderbolt-equipped computers can bypass locks, password-protection and encryption on ports produced before 2019.
May 11, 2020 report
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Software
Software bugs have been a concern for programmers for nearly 75 years since the day programmer Grace Murray Hopper reported the cause of an error in an early Harvard Mark II computer: a moth stuck between relay contacts. ...
Apr 27, 2020 report
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