The December 2016 Security Update Review
Put down the eggnog, back away from your holiday shopping and tree trimming, and join us in taking a look at the security patches released by Adobe and Microsoft for the month of December, 2016. Adobe...
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Dec. 2016 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft releases 12 security bulletins, 6 rated...
For the last Patch Tuesday of 2016, Microsoft issued 12 security bulletins , half of which are rated critical due to remote code execution vulnerabilities. Get ready for restarts. Please do not delay...
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When your threat intelligence just isn’t producing value you need to pivot
Do you use threat intelligence? Are you getting the value you expected? It’s a crowded space swirling with confusion. I don’t write about it often because it’s hard to sift through the jargon to get...
View ArticleUnderstanding Client Framework Security Boundaries
Welcome to Part 2 of this review of the Pluralsight course AngularJS Security Fundamentals by Troy Hunt. Troy is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Developer Security. He’s has been building...
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Welcome to Part 3 of this review of the Pluralsight course AngularJS Security Fundamentals by Troy Hunt. Troy is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Developer Security. He’s has been building...
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More Firmware Backdoor Found In Cheap Android Phones
Here's some bad news for Android users again. Certain low-cost Android smartphones and tablets are shipped with malicious firmware, which covertly gathers data about the infected devices, displays...
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A Backdoor in Skype for Mac OS X
Trustwave recently reported a locally exploitable issue in the Skype Desktop API Mac OS-X which provides an API to local programs/plugins executing on the local machine. The API is formally known as...
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News in brief: fowl play; Google moves into Cuba; teen hacker sentenced
Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news Fowl play as KFC warns of hack More than 1m members of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Colonel’s Club in the UK (no, we didn’t know KFC...
View ArticleCommon Security Flaws on the Client Side
Welcome to Part 4 of this review of the Pluralsight course AngularJS Security Fundamentals by Troy Hunt. Troy is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Developer Security. He’s has been building...
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Google Now Sharing National Security Records Requests With the Public
Google has begun sharing certain public records requests , many from the FBI related to national security, in order to illustrate to its users a high level of transparency. Google and all major search...
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Cheap Android phones are okay to use but may carry security risks
Almost a month ago, we l earned of a Chinese spyware that was plaguing over 700 million smartphones . This spyware was able to read text messages, contact lists, location data, and then was being...
View ArticleTrace3 Builds Out Expertise for Enterprise Security Consulting Practice
Trace3 ,the premier provider of IT solutions and consultation services, announced a broad expansion of its cybersecurity consulting offerings today with the launch of a newSecurity Business Unit. The...
View ArticleSecurity Things About Android Things
Today, Google released a developer preview of Android Things . Android Things, roughly speaking, is “usually-headless Android”, designed to run on embedded hardware, with an eye towards “the Internet...
View ArticleIT Eyes Single Sign On, Social Media Authentication for Biz Resources
IT administrators are worried about the blending of work and personal in our digital lives: 90% of enterprise IT professionals worry that employee reuse of personal credentials for work purposes could...
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It's Time For Organizations To Automate Security
Its Time For Organizations To Automate Security Security automation makes more efficient use of scarce security resources, freeing them up for more proactive tasks. Dishwashers are a great invention;...
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2016年底最惊悚的数据发布 中国仅5.5%手机没漏洞
2016年底最惊悚的数据发布 中国仅5.5%手机没漏洞 4小时前来源：中文科技资讯 今年以来，360手机卫士阿尔法团队接连发现Android...
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你的手机够安全吗？
你的手机够安全吗？ 一点号数码科技男4小时前 随着智能手机的普及，手机安全信息也变得越发重要起来。 在这个移动互联网普及的时代，由于手机信息和日常生活的高度融合，一部安全的手机对我们也越来越重要。如何避免泄露个人信息，杜绝电信诈骗，我们需要一部安全的手机。下面这几款手机在智能手机中的安全性可圈可点。 说到安全性就不能不提前段时间华为新推出的Mate 9。...
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雅虎遭黑客攻击或涉及10亿用户账号
雅虎遭黑客攻击或涉及10亿用户账号 一点号大咖非常说2小时前 雅虎公司周三表示，它们被另一个黑客攻击，这一次影响超过10亿用户帐户。这是9月份发生的一次黑客攻击的两倍。 窃取的数据包括用户姓名，电子邮件地址，电话号码，出生日期和加密密码。这些密码被加密工具称为MD5，专家说可能破解一些耐心。数据还包括一些安全问题和答案，其中一些没有加密。php?url=0FDTw2XBrG"...
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FBI发布反黑客广告 旨在打击青少年网络犯罪
摘要： 据外媒报道，美国联邦调查局（FBI）近日与欧洲刑警组织(Europol)合作，发布了一则反黑客广告。在广告中一名看似来自常春藤盟校的青少年被称为“网络完全专家”，而另一名穿着黑色连帽衫的青少年则被称为“网络罪犯”。 欧洲刑警组织近日已各国合作展开了打击网络黑客攻击的行动，旨在减少青少年或年轻人发起“分布式拒绝服务”(DDOS)攻击的行为。...
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Mirai Giving DDoS-as-a-Service Industry a Boost
The availability of the Mirai malware source code online isn’t a guarantee that just anyone can quickly convert it into a money-making IoT-based DDoS botnet. Researchers at Digital Shadows have been...
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