A persistent, widespread malware campaign that utilizes compromised Apache servers is locking users’ computers and demanding a fee of US$300 to free their data.
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The Flash update fixes three critical vulnerabilities while the ColdFusion and Shockwave updates fix one each. Internet Explorer 10 and Chrome users will have the Flash updates installed automatically by the browser.
Microsoft has tightened the security requirements for apps available on its online stores, while providing plenty of wiggle room to avoid alienating much-needed developers.
IOActive has discovered vulnerabilities in the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) which is widely used by TV and radio stations across the United States.
The first half of 2013 has seen little change to the threatscape – it’s largely more and worse of the same: more malware, more spam, more sophisticated mobile malware, more espionage and more arrests, with just a couple of new developments.
A vulnerability that could affect 99 percent of the world’s Android-powered phones and tablets has been unearthed within the Google-owned platform.
Opera, situated in Norway, and creator of a Web-browser that’s extremely popular worldwide, recently declared one network intrusion of a rather frightening type that cyber-criminals attempted on it. Nakedsecurity.sophos.com published this dated June 27, 2013.
America’s largest commercial ports have failed to shore up defenses against potential cyber attacks, a new study contends, raising concerns about the vulnerability of computer networks that help move energy, foodstuff and other goods to market.
A threat advisory paper by information security firm Command Five has made the claim that Atlassian may be including a backdoor in its Crowd software.
Major vulnerabilities in a protocol for remotely monitoring and managing servers would allow attackers to hijack the computers to gain control of them, access or erase data, or lock others out.