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Impact of U.S. Government Shutdown on Cybersecurity: Feedback Friday
2019-01-18 13:53

The failure of President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party to reach an agreement over funding for the controversial Mexico border wall has led to the longest government shutdown in US history....

Microsoft partner portal 'exposes 'every' support request filed worldwide' today
2019-01-18 13:47

No customer data visible but hell's bells, Redmond, what have you borked now? Exclusive Alarmed Microsoft support partners can currently view support tickets submitted from all over the world, in...

Venture Capital Pours Into Cybersecurity
2019-01-18 13:33

Venture capitalists invested $5.3 billion in cybersecurity companies in 2018, about 20 percent more than in 2017 and twice as much as 2016, according to research from Strategic Cyber Ventures....

Emotet Malware Returns to Work After Holiday Break
2019-01-18 13:33

Fallout Exploit Kit Has Also Reappeared, Distributing GandCrab RansomwareCybercrime outfits appear to take a vacation around the December holidays, and last month was no exception. But attacks...

Microsoft launches Azure DevOps bug bounty program, $20,000 rewards on offer
2019-01-18 13:00

The Redmond giant is keenly interested in remote code execution and privilege escalation flaws.

Vast data-berg washes up 1.16 billion pwned records
2019-01-18 12:33

Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) has revealed a huge cache of breached email addresses and passwords, which it has named Collection #1.

Google cracks down on access to your Android phone and SMS data
2019-01-18 12:16

Android apps that want access to your call and SMS data now have to pass muster with Google's team of reviewers.

Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal
2019-01-18 11:54

The so-called Crypto Wars have been going on for 25 years now. Basically, the FBI -- and some of their peer agencies in the U.K., Australia, and elsewhere -- argue that the pervasive use of...

Did you know you can see the ad boxes Facebook sorts us into?
2019-01-18 11:49

...or that they can edit the (often inaccurate) pigeon-holes Facebook likes to put us in, a study found.

New Android Malware Apps Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection
2019-01-18 11:48

Even after so many efforts by Google for preventing its Play Store from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and get into its service to infect Android users...