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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 07:02:47 +0000

On July 29, 2017, Equifax discovered that attackers had gained unauthorized access to private data belonging to an estimated 143 million Americans by exploiting a vulnerability in a website application.

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September 7, 2017 admin

Hack Brief: Patch Your Android Phone To Block An Evil ‘Toast’ Attack

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 04:16:44 +0000

Google has released a fix against a devious new form of “overlay” attack against Android phones.

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September 7, 2017 admin

UNITEDRAKE Looms Large…Maybe

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:32:04 +0000

Responsible disclosure is a critical process in the security community. It’s the way for security researchers and vendors to work together in order to improve system security for users. We see the opposite of this process in the digital underground. Cybercriminals often sell exploits and malicious tools for profit. The ShadowBrokers—infamous for the leak of…