Attackers using two recently-uncovered Java unpatched vulnerabilities, or "zero-days," have quickly expanded their reach by going mainstream, security experts said today. And on Tuesday, Mozilla, maker of Firefox, joined the chorus of ...
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Up to 10 percent of mobile apps expose user passwords and login names, 25 percent expose personally identifiable information and 40 percent communicate with third parties, according to research results released today by ThreatLabZ, a ...
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The planned introduction of more than 1,900 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) names by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) could have security implications, researchers have warned. The plan to allow web ...
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Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company’s popular Word programme and another already used to attack ...
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Despite vowing that fighting cybercrime is high on its agenda, the European Commission increased its planned cyber security budget by just 14 percent through 2020, an amount one security expert referred to as “paltry.” For the ...
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Microsoft has released further information on a patch for the zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that affects versions IE6 to IE9. The Internet Explorer maker has made available a "fix-it" that uses its application compatibility ...
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Cloud-based intelligence databases Customised risk tolerance Signature approach combined with local behavioral analysis Protecting systems offline File-scanning misses the big picture Read more about cloud and security Security continues ...
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A cyber security research centre focused on biometrics is to be launched at the University of Southampton. It will be one of eight UK universities awarded government funding for cyber security research. Government has prioritised ...
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It's not exactly the type of advertisement most people would understand. For sale:"Our first 0day for Win8+IE10 with HiASLR/AntiROP/DEP&Prot Mode sandbox bypass(Flash not needed)."It's part of a recent message on Twitter from Vupen,a ...
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One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users,according to new research. SECURITY:Android malware market exploding,says Trend Micro Security vendor Bit9 ...
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One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users,according to new research. SECURITY:Android malware market exploding,says Trend Micro Security vendor Bit9 ...
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Google's Android mobile operating system(OS)is under siege by attackers,with malware and information stealing adware targeting the platform up 483%in the last quarter. While Apple's relatively rigorous approach to vetting apps before ...
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The government is to spend GBP2m a year on a cyber-security centre. The centre will act as an international forum to draw together private sector,governments and international organisations,said the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a ...
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Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-cycle patch for the latest zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that affects versions IE6 to IE9. The security update also addresses four other unrelated vulnerabilities,which were ...
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Microsoft says it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6,7,8,and 9 as well as targeted attacks that have attempted to exploit the vulnerability. The zero-day flaw,which does not affect Explorer 10,was ...
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