Every day new applications appear on the world's mobile communications networks and user behaviour keeps adapting to new ways of streaming video, sharing files and communicating. New business demands, such as traffic monetisation, must ...
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A cyber espionage operation dubbed MiniDuke has targeted government organisations in as many as 23 countries, security vendors said on Wednesday. The malware uses well-crafted PDF documents to trick recipients into opening the malicious ...
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Microsoft has disclosed that it recently fell victim to the same type of cyberattack that targeted Apple and Facebook. "During our investigation, we found a small number of computers, including some in our Mac business unit, that were ...
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Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad for attacks on other organizations. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company sells a ...
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A Polish security firm known for rooting out Java vulnerabilities has reported two new bugs in the browser plug-in to Oracle, Security Explorations said today. On its bug-reporting status page, Security Explorations noted that it had ...
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Anti-virus software vendors have unveiled a number of upgrades to their systems, including new heuristic detection based on their signature databases, and new protections against botnets. Trend Micro has introduced new tools in its Custom ...
Switching to a diet rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruit, vegetables, and even some wine and chocolate can slash your risk of heart attack, stroke, and death from heart disease. That's the conclusion of a landmark study out this week ...
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a new entry into the fast-paced stealth-action Metal Gear franchise that first debuted in 1987. This game is an action-packed bloodbath that hardcore action gamers and fans of the franchise will likely ...
HP on Monday unveiled its Big Data Security strategy, describing how combining the enterprise search and knowledge management resources from its Autonomy subsidiary with its ArcSight security-event and information management (SIEM) can ...
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Facebook has patched a serious vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to easily gain access to private user account data and control accounts by tricking users into opening specifically crafted links, a Web application security ...
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Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details. On its own technology blog, NBC released a statement saying, "We've identified ...
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Zendesk said Thursday a hacker gained access to support information for some customers of its online help desk software. "We've become aware that a hacker accessed our system this week," wrote Mikkel Svane, Zendesk's CEO. "As soon as we ...
Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details. On its own technology blog, NBC released a statement saying, "We've identified ...
Microsoft has confirmed that it's the latest among a number of high-profile technology and internet firms to have been hit by a cyber attack. A blog posted on Friday by Microsoft security manager Matt Thomlinson revealed: Java is a ...
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Microsoft last week disclosed that it recently fell victim to the same type of cyber attack that targeted Apple and Facebook. “During our investigation, we found a small number of computers, including some in our Mac business unit, ...
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