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Akamai warns that attackers are compromising IOT devices and using them as proxies to test stolen credentials against web-based applications.

Akamai’s Threat Research team has identified a recent spate of SSHowDowN Proxy attacks whereby attackers are using Internet of Things (IoT) devices to remotely generate attack traffic by using a...


Private information stored in document files is the most popular target for attacks coming from professional hackers, according to TopSpin Security. File traps, including Office files, recent docs...



The head of an international nuclear energy consortium said this week that a cyber attack caused a ‘disruption’ at a nuclear power plant in the last several years.

Microsoft released 10 security bulletins on Patch Tuesday that included patches for five zero day vulnerabilities under attack that had not been publicly disclosed until today.
