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FDA Wants Medical Devices to Have Mandatory Built-In Update Mechanisms
The US Food & Drug Administration plans to ask Congress for more funding and regulatory powers to improve its approach towards medical device safety, …
Medical TechnologyLinkedIn Fixes AutoFill Button That Allowed Rogue Harvesting of User Data
A prodigious 18-year-old bug hunter from Chicago has discovered and reported a critical vulnerability in a LinkedIn social button that could have …
Information SecurityRansSIRIA Ransomware Takes Advantage of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
A new ransomware called RansSIRIA has been discovered by MalwareHunterTeam that encrypts your files and then states it will donate your ransom …
RansomwareFlash Used on 5% of All Websites, Down From 28.5% Seven Years Ago
Only 4.9 percent of today's websites utilize Flash code, a number that has plummeted from a 28.5 percent market share recorded at the start of …
Information SecurityDenial-of-Spending and Inflation Bugs Found in Several Cryptocurrencies
A team of academics has identified an issue with the Zeroicoin protocol scheme, along with two security flaws in libzerocoin, the software library …
Information SecurityData Firm Left Profiles of 48 Million Users on a Publicly Accessible AWS Server
LocalBlox, a company that scrapes data from public web profiles, has left the details of over 48 million users on a publicly accessible Amazon Web …
Cambridge AnalyticaJavaScript Trackers Caught Siphoning Data From "Login With Facebook" Feature
JavaScript libraries from various advertising and analytics services are siphoning user data from web pages where the "Login with Facebook" feature …
JavaScriptFinding & Activating Hidden Features in Windows 10 Using Mach2
Windows 10 builds contain many hidden features that are used by Microsoft to debug code or test applications that have not been officially released …
CybersecurityMinecraft & CS:GO Ransomware Strive For Media Attention
When ransomware developers achieve huge media buzz like we saw with the PUBG Ransomware, it is not surprising to see other developers creating …
RansomwareiOS Trustjacking Attack Exposes iPhones to Remote Hacking
Symantec researchers have found a loophole in how iPhone users pair devices with Mac workstations and laptops. They say attackers can exploit this …
Information SecurityMicrosoft Ports Anti-Phishing Technology to Google Chrome
Microsoft has released a Chrome extension named "Windows Defender Browser Protection" that ports Windows Defender's —and inherently Edge's— …
Google ChromeStresspaint Malware Steals Facebook Credentials and Session Cookies
Security researchers have spotted a new information stealer that collects Chrome login data from infected victims, along with session cookies, and …
Chrome BrowserGoogle Chrome 66 Released Today Focuses on Security
Google has moved Chrome 66 to the stable channel and starting earlier today has begun updating users to the browser's new major version — Chrome …
Information SecurityDrupalgeddon 2 Vulnerability Used to Infect Servers With Backdoors & Coinminers
Hackers haven't wasted their time in deciding what to do with the proof-of-concept (PoC) code that was published online last week for a major Drupal …
Information SecurityGuild Wars 2 Monitored All Running Process in Order To Ban Users
While nobody likes a cheater in online games, sometimes how a company monitors and bans cheaters can go wrong. Such is the case with a recent ban …
Guild WarsXiaoBa Ransomware Retooled as Coinminer But Manages to Ruin Your Files Anyway
The authors of the XiaoBa ransomware have retooled their malware's code into a cryptocurrency miner (coinminer).<p>Unfortunately, despite not encrypting …
Ransomware34 Tech Firms Sign Accord Not to Assist Government Hacking Operations
An industry group of 34 high-tech companies led by Microsoft, have signed today a tech accord, agreeing to defend customers at all costs from …
CybersecurityMicrosoft Announces Custom Chip and Linux Distro to Secure IoT Devices
Yesterday, at the RSA 2018 security conference, Microsoft announced a new security-focused product named Azure Sphere.<p>According to Microsoft chief …
Internet of ThingsWindows 10 Spring Creators Update Delayed Because of Higher Percentage of BSODs
Microsoft admitted yesterday that the reason it did not launch the Spring Creators Update for Windows 10 last week was because of technical issues …
Windows 10Intel to Allow Antivirus Engines to Use Integrated GPUs for Malware Scanning
Intel announced yesterday at the RSA 2018 security conference several new security-focused technologies, among which is a feature that will let …
EnginesUS, UK Accuse Russia of Hacking Home Routers and ISPs to Conduct MitM Attacks
A joint alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom's National Cyber …
CybersecurityRussia Bans 1.8 Million Amazon and Google IPs in Attempt to Block Telegram
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, banned today over 1.8 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google's cloud infrastructure. …
Amazon Web ServicesTaskRabbit Takes Down App and Website After Getting Hacked
TaskRabbit, a web-based service that connects freelance handymen with clients in various local US markets, has emailed customers admitting it …
CybersecurityMore Than Half of Android Apps for Kids Are Violating US Privacy Laws
Privacy experts have analyzed 5,855 child-directed Android apps and have found that more than half —57%— are potentially violating the Children's …
AppsCrooks Hijack Router DNS Settings to Redirect Users to Android Malware
Malware authors have hijacked DNS settings on vulnerable routers to redirect users to sites hosting Android malware. [...]
RoutersRetired Airline Manager Who Hacked Former Employer Caught Thanks to VPN Logs
An Alaska judge sentenced a 59-year-old woman, a former director at Peninsula Airlines (PenAir), for hacking her former employer and wreaking havoc …
HackingWindows Servers Targeted for Cryptocurrency Mining via IIS Flaw
Hackers are leveraging an IIS 6.0 vulnerability to take over Windows servers and install a malware strain that mines the Electroneum cryptocurrency. …
Information SecurityIntel SPI Flash Flaw Lets Attackers Alter or Delete BIOS/UEFI Firmware
Intel has addressed a vulnerability in the configuration of several CPU series that allow an attacker to alter the behavior of the chip's SPI Flash …
Information SecurityOld JavaScript Crypto Flaw Puts Bitcoin Funds at Risk
Security researchers are warning that old Bitcoin addresses generated in the browser or through JavaScript-based wallet apps might be affected by a …
Information SecurityFTC: "Warranty Void If Removed" Stickers Are Illegal
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters this week to six major companies containing warnings that using "warranty void if removed" or …
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