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Microsoft Brings Application Guard to Windows 10 Pro
2018-05-01 12:39

Microsoft of Monday made Windows 10 April 2018 Update available to users, which brings new features, enhancements and security updates, along with improvements to Windows Defender Security Center....

NSA: The Silence of the Zero Days
2018-05-01 12:33

US Defense Department Defenders Say Attackers Don't Need No Stinking Zero DaysThe head of the NSA's Cybersecurity Threat Operations Center says attackers haven't bothered targeting unclassified...

The hacker who broke into jail and had to stay for 7 years
2018-05-01 12:29

Konrads Voits, who hacked his way into the county jail's network to try and get his friend early release, is sentenced to 7 years in jail.

Has Your Company's Infrastructure Been Hijacked by Bitcoin Miners?
2018-05-01 11:37

Crypto-mining Malware Exposes Organizations to a Host of Monetary and Reputational Risks read more

Facebook Keeps Losing the Privacy Advocates Who Can Save It
2018-05-01 11:33

WhatsApp Founder Jan Koum is the Latest to Announce His ExitJan Koum, WhatsApp's co-founder, is leaving Facebook. His departure marks another exit of a high-level privacy and security advocate. If...

IoT Inspector Tool from Princeton
2018-05-01 11:32

Researchers at Princeton University have released IoT Inspector, a tool that analyzes the security and privacy of IoT devices by examining the data they send across the Internet. They've already...

GDPR Is Coming. Is Your Organization Ready?
2018-05-01 11:15

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that goes into effect on May 25 affects any business that processes information of any EU citizen, regardless of whether the business is located in or...

Man Who Hacked Jail Systems to Release His Friend Early Gets 7-Years in Prison
2018-05-01 06:48

Remember a young hacker who hacked jail systems in an attempt to release his prison inmate early? Well, that hacker will now be joining his inmate behind bars. Konrads Voits of Ypsilanti,...

Slack Releases Open Source Secure Development Lifecycle Tool
2018-05-01 05:01

Team collaboration solutions provider Slack last week announced that one of the secure development lifecycle (SDL) tools used internally by the company has been released as open source. read more

Bitcoin hijackers found at least one sucker for scam Chrome extension
2018-05-01 04:02

Victim of 'FacexWorm' malware clicked on random link from Facebook Messenger Security researchers have caught a Bitcoin-hijacking Chrome extension that only managed to grab one BitCoin transaction...