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Comodo Forums Hack Exposes 245,000 Users' Data — Recent vBulletin 0-day Used
2019-10-01 11:34

If you have an account with the Comodo discussion board and support forums, also known as ITarian Forum, you should change your password immediately. Cybersecurity company Comodo has become one of...

Hacking 2020 voting systems is a ‘piece of cake’
2019-10-01 11:31

That's how Senator Wyden described the results of DefCon's Voting Village, where all of 100 voting systems were easily picked apart by hackers.

Malvertising Attack Hijacks 1B+ Sessions With Webkit Exploit
2019-10-01 11:27

The eGobbler threat actor is back with a new malvertising campaign that has hijacked more than 1 billion sessions.

Zynga's Breach Notification: How to Not Inform Victims
2019-10-01 11:18

Don't Blame Us, Blame Hackers, Mobile Gaming Giant Says"Cyberattacks are one of the unfortunate realities of doing business today," reads gaming company Zynga's data breach notification, thus...

Users Need to Consent to Online Tracking Cookies: EU Court
2019-10-01 11:06

Online companies in the EU can no longer present internet users with a pre-checked box telling them cookies will be planted on their smartphone or computer if they don't deselect the option, under...

The Impact of Recycling on Industrial Cyber Security
2019-10-01 11:01

In the decade since the Stuxnet worm was discovered, multiple attacks that have been launched against operational technology (OT) networks including Shamoon, Havex, Wannycry, and Lockergoga....

BlackBerry Launches New Cybersecurity R&D Unit
2019-10-01 11:00

BlackBerry on Monday announced the launch of BlackBerry Advanced Technology Development Labs, a new business unit focusing on cybersecurity research and development. read more

Vulnerability in Cisco Webex and Zoom may expose online meetings to snooping
2019-10-01 10:55

Cequence Security’s CQ Prime Threat Research Team discovered of a vulnerability in Cisco Webex and Zoom video conferencing platforms that potentially allows an attacker to enumerate or list and...

Singapore Ministry of Defence Launches New Bug Bounty Program
2019-10-01 10:44

Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is inviting 400 white-hat hackers to find vulnerabilities in its systems, as part of a three-week program hosted on hacker-powered pentesting and bug...

China’s 500 megapixel camera is capable of mega-facial-recognition
2019-10-01 10:31

The 'super camera' can identifying people dozens of meters away using facial recognition.