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Qualcomm Requests National Security Review of Broadcom Bid
2018-03-07 17:31

US chipmaker Qualcomm postponed its annual shareholders' meeting after secretly requesting a national security review of Broadcom's bid to take over the company, the Singapore-based Broadcom...

Gozi Banking Trojan Uses "Dark Cloud" Botnet for Distribution
2018-03-07 17:09

The well-known Gozi ISFB banking Trojan recently started using the elusive "Dark Cloud" botnet for distribution, Talos warns.   read more

Most top US higher ed institutions fail to protect students from phishing
2018-03-07 17:00

88.8 percent of the root domains operated by top colleges and universities in the United States are putting their students, staff and other recipients at risk for phishing attacks that spoof the...

Number of Domains Hosting Crypto-Miners Up 725% in Four Months
2018-03-07 15:26

The number of websites hosting code that mines for crypto-coins using visitors’ CPU power went up a staggering 725% in a four-month period, Cyren reports.

Putin Offers Extradition Promise to US: 'Never'
2018-03-07 13:33

Russian Information Warfare Operations Continue Unabated; What Can Be Done?Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an unequivocal promise about the extradition potential for 13 Russian...

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Chrome 65 Patches 45 Vulnerabilities
2018-03-07 12:57

Released in the stable channel this week, Chrome 65 brings 45 security fixes, including 27 patches for vulnerabilities discovered by external researchers. read more

McAfee Launches Security Platform for Azure Cloud
2018-03-07 12:49

Migrating to the cloud is complex. One of the biggest concerns is a loss of visibility on data in the cloud; and this concern only grows with increasing regulatory requirements. GDPR, coming into...

How can IoT stakeholders mitigate the risk of life-threatening cyberattacks?
2018-03-07 12:45

With an estimated 20 billion Internet-connected devices set to appear in our homes and offices by the end of the decade, future cyberattacks will dwarf what we’ve seen to date. These connected...