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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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with HTC America over security holes in the company's smartphone and tablet software that left millions of users' personal information at risk. Under the terms of the agreement, ...
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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 ...
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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"As reported by Facebook and Apple, Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion," Trustworthy Computing team general manager Matt Thomlinson said in a blog post. "During our investigation, we found ...
IBM is making a renewed push into the burgeoning market for all things mobile, saying it can help its corporate customers grow revenue and become more competitive through mobile app development. The effort pulls together a raft of IBM ...
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The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK confirmed Wednesday that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to launch attacks against its users. Security experts believe the site served as a gateway ...
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Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target Japanese and Chinese users. The report was released Tuesday by security firm Mandiant ...
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Oracle released new Java security updates on Tuesday and announced plans to accelerate the release of future Java patches following recent attacks that have infected computers with malware by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Java ...
Apple on Tuesday said it was a victim of a malware attack when a small number of systems inside the company were compromised. The malware attack was tied to a vulnerability in a Java plug-in for browsers, Apple said in a statement sent ...
Apple on Tuesday said that some computers belonging to its employees had been targeted by hackers originating from China – the same group, reportedly, that last week infiltrated computers belonging to Facebook employees. ...
Adobe on Saturday said it would release an emergency patch for two Reader zero-day vulnerabilities this week. Hackers have already been exploiting the bugs using rigged PDF documents sent as email attachments. "Adobe plans to make ...
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IDG News Service - Facebook said Friday it had been the target of a sophisticated hacking attack but that it had no evidence any user data had been compromised. The attack comes two weeks after Twitter asked 250,000 of its users to reset ...
Apple says it has been hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company's system but evidently failed to steal any data. The maker of iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh computers said it is working with law enforcement ...
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Asia's polymer market has shrugged off China's new preferential import duties for polyethylene from some countries, as the minimum price for the tax reduction to kick in is seen as too high and trade flows from these nations are almost ...
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