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Oracle Patches 254 Flaws With April 2018 Update
2018-04-18 10:40

Oracle’s Critical Patch Update (CPU) for April 2018 contains 254 new security fixes, 153 of which address vulnerabilities in business-critical applications. read more

Hackers Exploiting Drupal Vulnerability to Inject Cryptocurrency Miners
2018-04-18 10:03

The Drupal vulnerability (CVE-2018-7600), dubbed Drupalgeddon2 that could allow attackers to completely take over vulnerable websites has now been exploited in the wild to deliver malware...

NHS given a lashing for lack of action plan one year since WannaCry
2018-04-18 08:03

Cyber resiliency of the UK's health service still in disarray Nearly a year has passed since the unprecedented WannaCry cyber attack and the UK's NHS has yet to agree an action plan, according to...

CCleaner Attack Timeline—Here's How Hackers Infected 2.3 Million PCs
2018-04-18 07:33

Last year, the popular system cleanup software CCleaner suffered a massive supply-chain malware attack of all times, wherein hackers compromised the company's servers for more than a month and...

34 vendors join ‘Accord’ to improve security by doing … security stuff
2018-04-18 06:57

No roadmap. No timeframe. No success metrics. Not much grip on reality, either ANALYSIS On Tuesday 34 technology companies revealed they’ve created and joined a “Cybersecurity Tech Accord” that...

Drupal Sites Targeted With Backdoors, Miners in Drupalgeddon2 Attacks
2018-04-18 05:27

The recently patched Drupal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-7600 and dubbed Drupalgeddon2 has been exploited in the wild to deliver backdoors, cryptocurrency miners and other types of malware. read more

Hop to it, bunnies: TaskRabbit breach means new passwords
2018-04-18 04:57

Repeat after The Vultures: don't re-use passwords IKEA's TaskRabbit app and Website, which links buyers with people skilled with Allen key experts and other errand-runners, remain offline a day...

You're a govt official. You accidentally slap personal info on the web. Quick, blame a kid!
2018-04-18 03:59

Hacking charge for twiddling URL – O Canada!? Comment There's a curious legal situation developing in Nova Scotia, Canada, right now.…

Researchers warn of re-gifted malware
2018-04-18 00:45

APT nasties can be lobbed right back at careless attackers RSA 2018 "You don't launch a cyber weapon, you share it," researchers have warned those thinking of using malware for hacking purposes…

Photo gallery: RSA Conference 2018 Innovation Sandbox
2018-04-17 23:45

The RSA Conference 2018 is underway at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here are a few photos from the Innovation Sandbox, where the 10 finalists – Acalvio Technologies, Awake Security, BigID,...