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Android Zero-Day Bug Opens Door to Privilege Escalation Attack, Researchers Warn
2019-09-04 21:24

The zero-day vulnerability could enable privilege escalation, and is not part of Google's Android September security update.

Brave accuses Google of trampling Europe's GDPR with stealthy netizen-stalking adverts
2019-09-04 21:13

Our ads? Stomping on people's privacy? Never! Not us! sobs search giant Brave, the maker of a Chromium-based browser with a focus on privacy, claims advertising giant Google flouts Europe's data...

Seeking Indicators of Behavior
2019-09-04 20:48

Sam Curry of Cybereason on Making the ShiftFor many cybercrime investigators, it's all about finding indicators of compromise - evidence a crime has been committed. Sam Curry of Cybereason...

Third-Party Risk Management: NY DFS Regulation Compliance
2019-09-04 20:18

Ted Augustinos of Locke Lord LLP Addresses the ChallengesDefining the scope of third-party risk is challenging, says Ted Augustinos of Locke Lord LLP, who discusses compliance with the New York...

Mitigating the Risks Posed by Malicious Insiders
2019-09-04 19:48

HIPAA Enforcement Agency Warns Against Overlooking the ThreatWhile hacking incidents grab the top spots on the federal tally of large health data breaches these days, the serious threat of...

Let's recap reCAPTCHA gotcha: Our cunning AI can defeat Google's anti-bot tech, say uni boffins
2019-09-04 18:56

Machine-learning code developed to solve image puzzles just like us netizens Video US-based academics have developed a machine-learning system to beat Google's bot-detecting reCAPTCHA system.…

Google to Pay $170 mn Fine for Collecting YouTube Data From Kids
2019-09-04 18:26

Google agreed Wednesday to pay $170 million to settle charges that it illegally collected and shared data from children on its YouTube video service, a deal critics said was too soft on the...

Satori Botnet Co-Creator Pleads Guilty
2019-09-04 18:18

Botnet Used to Wage Massive DDoS Attacks Was Also Sold to Others, Prosecutors SayKenneth Currin Schuchman, 21, who authorities charged with co-creating the massive Satori botnet that was used to...

TrickBot Makes Heavy Use of Evasion in Recent Attacks
2019-09-04 18:17

The operators behind the TrickBot malware have made heavy use of evasion and anti-analysis techniques in recently observed attacks, security researchers warn. read more

Critical Bugs Open Food-Safety Systems to Remote Attacks
2019-09-04 18:03

The AK-EM 800 software from Danfoss centralizes alarm management, automatic data collection and food-quality reporting.