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Update now! Adobe Acrobat and Reader have critical flaws
2019-01-07 11:12

Adobe has patched two critical flaws in Acrobat and Reader that warrant urgent attention.

Monday review – the hot stories of the new year
2019-01-07 11:10

From same old, same old Facebook hoaxes to PewDiePie's Chromecast-hacking fans, here are the top stories of the new year.

NSA to release its GHIDRA reverse engineering tool for free
2019-01-07 09:48

The United States' National Security Agency (NSA) is planning to release its internally developed reverse engineering tool for free at the upcoming RSA security conference 2019 that will be held...

Industry Reactions to Massive Data Leak in Germany
2019-01-07 07:48

The German government revealed last week that information on hundreds of politicians and celebrities was leaked online via Twitter. read more

Shifting the burden: Long-term magnifying consequences
2019-01-07 07:00

Computer geeks love their acronyms. Here’s one more: TANSTAAFL. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch. No, I’m not talking about the grilled Alaskan salmon meal you got while playing on your...

German IT Security Agency Defends Response in Hacking Case
2019-01-07 06:59

Germany’s IT security agency on Saturday defended its response to the leaking of hundreds of politicians’ private information, after lawmakers accused it of failing to inform them quickly enough. read more

US Gadget Love Forecast to Grow Despite Trust Issues
2019-01-07 06:47

The US tech industry is weathering a crisis of confidence over data protection and a difficult geopolitical situation, with record sales expected in 2019, organizers of the Consumer Electronics...

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January 2019 Patch Tuesday forecast: Partly cloudy followed by heavy fog around Java
2019-01-07 06:45

2018 ended with a bit of excitement. Shortly after November Patch Tuesday we saw a pair of Flash Player zero-days (November 20 and December 5), which were followed by just about everything...

The average PC gamer has experienced almost 5 cyberattacks due to poor security habits
2019-01-07 06:30

McAfee has released results from its survey, Game Over: The Future of Gaming Security, finding that while gamers profess to exhibit good cybersecurity habits there’s still work to do. The survey...

The attack surface is growing faster than it has at any other point in the history of technology
2019-01-07 06:15

Avast launched its annual Threat Landscape Report, detailing the biggest security trends facing consumers in 2019 as collected by the Avast Threat Labs team. Some of the key security trends that...