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Hackers Are Distributing Backdoored 'Cobian RAT' Hacking tool For Free (The Hackers News)
2017-09-06 03:49

Nothing is free in this world. If you are searching for free ready-made hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are...

Incapsula Updated Review — New Security Options, Improved Delivery and Reliability (The Hackers News)
2017-09-06 03:49

It's been close to five years since we last looked at Incapsula, a security-focused CDN service known for its DDoS mitigation and web application security features. As one would expect, during...

Mobile Bootloaders From Top Manufacturers Found Vulnerable to Persistent Threats (The Hackers News)
2017-09-06 01:11

Security researchers have discovered several severe zero-day vulnerabilities in the mobile bootloaders from at least four popular device manufacturers that could allow an attacker to gain...

Top HIPAA Enforcer Names His Top Enforcement Priority (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-05 21:03

OCR's Roger Severino Discusses Agency's Goals, Sector ChallengesThe new head of the agency that enforces HIPAA says his top enforcement priority for the coming year is to find a "big, juicy,...

Patching: A Defensive Measure That's Not Always Available (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-05 20:33

Bank of the West's David Pollino on the Challenges of Working with VendorsSecurity experts often contend that potential damage from cyberattacks can be avoided if organizations just patch their...

Security Flaw in Estonian National ID Card (Schneier on Security)
2017-09-05 20:23

We have no idea how bad this really is: On 30 August, an international team of researchers informed the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) of a vulnerability potentially affecting the...

Multiple Vulnerabilities Found in Mobile Bootloaders (Security Week)
2017-09-05 18:44

A team of security researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara has discovered a series of code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities in the bootloaders of popular mobile...

Patch Released for Critical Apache Struts Bug (Threatpost)
2017-09-05 18:10

The Apache Software Foundation released a patch on Tuesday for a critical vulnerability impacting all versions of Struts since 2008.

Four Million Time Warner Cable Records Left on Misconfigured AWS S3 (Threatpost)
2017-09-05 18:06

600 gigabytes of information, including SQL database dumps, code, access logs, and customer information, belonging to BroadSoft and its client, TWC, was left online, accessible to anyone.

Researchers reverse 320 million hashed passwords (Help Net Security)
2017-09-05 17:46

CynoSure Prime, a “password research collective”, has reversed the hashes of nearly 320 million hashed passwords provided by security researcher Troy Hunt through the Pwned Passwords searchable...