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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 02:21:44 +0000
For the first time, a social media company will provide answers in a public hearing about Russian efforts to swing the 2016 presidential election.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:22:38 +0000
The backdooring of security software CCleaner now appears to have been more of a targeted spying operation than a mere cybercrime scheme.
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:47:22 +0000
When I tried calling their number, a woman told me Apple has a second headquarters in Virginia. It doesn’t.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:17:40 +0000
In today’s ransomware update, we’ll take a look at some of the newest attack styles being used today, as well as the best ways your organization can guard against ransomware.
Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:50:38 +0000
Keep technology stupid.
Read MoreEarlier this month, FortiGuard Labs researchers published findings about a malware campaign exploiting a PowerPoint vulnerability. Cybercriminals, however, are equal opportunity exploiters, so just recently an interesting targeted malware campaign was found to be using another document vulnerability. Only this time, it’s a Hangul Word Processor (HWP) document leveraging the already known CVE-2015-2545 Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) vulnerability.
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Credit to Author: Kate Lunau| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:06:29 +0000
If we put another 310 gigatons of carbon into the ocean by 2100, which we’re well on track to do, we enter “unknown territory.”
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Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:18:43 +0000
Toys’R’Us, which just filed for bankruptcy, was once essential to the fortunes of the toy industry. But the secret to its rise was that it sold a whole lot of electronics—whether cheap gadgets, hot toys, or (of course) video games.
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