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No Security Fixes in Patch Tuesday Updates for Flash Player
2018-10-09 18:13

The Patch Tuesday updates released this month by Adobe for Flash Player include no security fixes. The company did address several vulnerabilities in some of its other products. read more

Adobe Releases Security Patch Updates for 11 Vulnerabilities
2018-10-09 17:48

Adobe has released its monthly security updates to address a total of 11 vulnerabilities in Adobe Digital Editions, Framemaker, and Technical Communications Suite, of which four are rated critical...

New Pentagon Weapons Systems Easily Hacked: Report
2018-10-09 17:40

New US weapons systems being developed by the US Department of Defense can be easily be hacked by adversaries, a new government report said on Tuesday. read more

Apple Patches Passcode Bypass in iOS
2018-10-09 17:37

Apple on Monday released patches for iOS devices to address a recently disclosed vulnerability that could result in read more

It's a cert: Hundreds of big sites still unprepared for starring role in that Chrome 70's show
2018-10-09 16:48

Bloody SSL...it's the final countdown Hundreds of high-profile websites are still unprepared for the total disavowal of legacy Symantec-issued digital certificates that will kick in with the...

Google Launch Event Overshadowed by Privacy Firestorm
2018-10-09 15:43

Google was supposed to be focusing Tuesday on its launch of a new smartphone and other devices, but the event was being overshadowed by a firestorm over a privacy glitch that forced it to shut...

KnowBe4 Brings Artificial Intelligence to Security Awareness Training
2018-10-09 15:36

It seems that you cannot have a new security product without a machine learning component. It makes sense. Machine learning recognizes patterns and returns probabilities. Risk, and cyber security...

How Shared Pools of Cloud Computing Power Are Changing the Way Attackers Operate
2018-10-09 15:26

Cloud computing is creating new challenges among security professionals as attackers embrace the "as-a-service model", giving unsophisticated cybercriminals a leg up in carrying out attacks.

Google+ Privacy Snafu Leaves a Cloud Over the Tech Landscape
2018-10-09 15:11

Google was caught not disclosing a potential data breach -- leaving questions as to whether a lack of transparency is the new normal.