ALERTS

by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 22, 2019 at 7:47 pm

Google introduced a new initiative that it hopes will fight shady online advertising practices such as digital fingerprinting. […]

by James Plouffe on August 22, 2019 at 4:27 pm

Willie Sutton and mobile attackers have much in common -- but defenses have evolved since the famous bank robber had his heyday. […]

by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 22, 2019 at 2:16 pm

The app purported to stream music - but actually siphoned victims' device contacts and files. […]

by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 21, 2019 at 8:40 pm

After Valve banned him from its bug bounty program, a researcher has found a second zero-day vulnerability affecting the Steam gaming client. […]

by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 21, 2019 at 7:20 pm

Security researchers worry that this weekend's coordinated attacks on more than 20 Texas governments mark a change in how ransomware attacks will be launched in the future. […]

by Tom Spring on August 21, 2019 at 5:38 pm

Six bugs found in Cisco’s Unified Computing System gear and its 220 Series Smart switches can allow unauthenticated remote hackers to take over equipment. […]

by Tom Spring on August 21, 2019 at 2:55 pm

Backdoor was intentionally planted in 2018 and found during the DEF CON 2019 security conference when researchers stumbled upon malicious code. […]

by Lindsey O'Donnell on August 21, 2019 at 1:47 pm

The personal email addresses - some indicating user names or government official status - of more than a million pornography website users were exposed. […]