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New Medical Device Cybersecurity Framework Unveiled
2019-01-28 20:48

Recommends Vendors Address Issues Throughout Product LifecycleA healthcare sector advisory council on Monday released a new voluntary framework for improving the cybersecurity of medical devices...

2019 and Beyond: The (Expanded) RSAC Advisory Board Weighs in on What’s Next
2019-01-28 19:53

Forward-thinking predictions for the year ahead from some of the cybersecurity industry’s wisest minds.

Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens' IoT Devices
2019-01-28 19:40

The Japanese government is going to run penetration tests against all the IoT devices in their country, in an effort to (1) figure out what's insecure, and (2) help consumers secure them: The...

Authorities Seize Hacked Server Marketplace
2019-01-28 19:18

Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today announced the seizure of xDedic, an underground online marketplace selling access to hacked servers and personally identifiable...

Authorities Track Down Users of DDoS Services
2019-01-28 18:56

The seizure of several websites offering distributed denial of service (DDoS) for hire services has allowed authorities to track down and take action against people who used such websites, Europol...

Zero-Days in WordPress Plugin Actively Exploited
2019-01-28 18:33

The commercial Total Donations plugin for WordPress is impacted by multiple zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in attacks, Wordfence security researchers report.  read more

The Japanese government plans to hack into unsecured IoT devices. Will it work?
2019-01-28 18:24

Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Japanese government is planning to access unsecured Internet of Things devices to identify users and request they change their passwords.

Dailymotion Fights Ongoing Credential-Stuffing Attack
2019-01-28 17:43

The YouTube competitor said that it was hopeful that it's containing the damage.

Privacy Fears Raised Over Facebook Messaging Apps Integration
2019-01-28 16:46

Privacy Concerns Raised Over Facebook's Reported Plans to Merge FB Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram read more

How to use SSH through a Linux Jump Host
2019-01-28 16:38

Jack Wallen shows you how you can use SSH to proxy through a jump host from one machine to another.