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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…
Credit to Author: Roman Unuchek| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:00:03 +0000
Many users of devices running Android are tempted to root them. Here we explain the good and bad sides of having superuser rights.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Dmitry Zveginets| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 17:12:37 +0000
Embedded systems demand special protection from infections similar to WannaCry.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 11:30:54 +0000
The harder part will be determining when certain vulnerabilities, like WannaCry, are too big to keep secret. The post Why Governments Won’t Let Go of Secret Software Bugs appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 23:29:22 +0000
How businesses can stop the WannaCry outbreak.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 20:09:14 +0000
A newly fixed flaw in Microsoft’s malware protection could have been bad news for a whole lot of PCs. The post A Vicious Microsoft Bug Left a Billion PCs Exposed appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 20:11:49 +0000
A remotely executable bug in some Intel microprocessors means it’s time to get patching. The post Hack Brief: Intel Fixes a Critical Bug That Lingered for 7 Dang Years appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:00:26 +0000
Researchers at the University of Michigan expose how an obscure feature of thousands of apps can give hackers remote access into your phone’s most sensitive guts. The post An Obscure App Flaw Creates Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones appeared first on WIRED.
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