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Vietnam's 'Cybersecurity' Law Says Little on Security
2019-01-10 13:48

Law Focuses More on Fighting Anti-Government SpeechOn Wednesday, just days after a new "cybersecurity" law took effect, Vietnam alleged that Facebook has violated the law by allowing users to post...

Reddit Locks Down Accounts Due to 'Security Concern'
2019-01-10 13:20

Reddit this week decided to lock down some user accounts after detecting unusual activity on those accounts.  read more

Netanyahu Says Israel Ready to Thwart Election Cyber Meddling
2019-01-10 12:53

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that his country led the world in cyber defence, after a report that an unnamed nation planned to meddle in its upcoming general election....

New Systemd Privilege Escalation Flaws Affect Most Linux Distributions
2019-01-10 12:33

Security researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities in Systemd, a popular init system and service manager for most Linux operating systems, that could allow unprivileged local attackers or...

Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems
2019-01-10 11:52

Good essay on the inherent vulnerabilities in the cell phone standards and the market barriers to fixing them. So far, industry and policymakers have largely dragged their feet when it comes to...

Hackers Using Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection
2019-01-10 11:18

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cybercriminals and email scammers are already being using in the wild to bypass security features of Microsoft Office 365,...

Neiman Marcus Settles Lawsuit Over Payment Card Breach
2019-01-10 10:48

Agreement With 43 States Requires Retailer to Use Encryption, TokenizationForty-three states have reached a settlement with Neiman Marcus over its 2013 data breach, one of several breaches from...

Cisco fixes serious DoS flaws in its email security appliances
2019-01-10 10:09

Cisco has plugged a heap of security holes in many of its products, including two vulnerabilities (one critical) that open its email security appliances to denial of service attacks. About the...

Before you slink off to the pub, be sure to patch these 19 serious vulns in Juniper Networks kit
2019-01-10 09:45

Happy New Year from the Gin Palace Juniper Networks has had its first big bug day in months, with 19 patches announced covering everything from third-party package catchups to critical errors in...

Iran-Linked DNS Hijacking Attacks Target Organizations Worldwide
2019-01-10 09:24

A DNS hijacking campaign targeting organizations in various sectors around the world may be the work of the Iranian government, FireEye reported on Wednesday. read more