Security News

U.S. to Collect DNA of All Undocumented Migrants
2019-10-03 01:23

The US government plans to collect the DNA of all migrants detained after entering the country illegally, officials said Wednesday. read more

Relatives’ DNA in geneology database leads to murder conviction
2019-07-02 09:39

Privacy advocates may question the use of genealogy data in forensics, but defense attorneys in this case did not.

Cisco DNA Center Critical Flaw Opens Access to Internal Servers
2019-06-20 15:12

Cisco has patched a slew of critical and high-severity flaws in its DNA Center and SD-WAN.

Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Cisco SD-WAN, DNA Center Products
2019-06-20 13:19

Cisco on Wednesday released patches for several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its SD-WAN, DNA Center, TelePresence, StarOS, RV router, Prime Service Catalog, and Meeting...

Cisco fixes critical vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN, DNA Center solutions
2019-06-20 09:58

Cisco has released another batch of fixes for many of its products, including its SD-WAN and DNA Center solutions, its Email Security Appliance, Security Manager, SOHO routers/firewalls, and more....

Cyberattacks Target DNA Sequencing software
2019-06-18 04:53

A threat actor that appears to be based in Iran is targeting a vulnerability in a popular DNA sequencing LIMS software, a security researcher had discovered.  read more

Web-based DNA sequencers getting compromised through old, unpatched flaw
2019-06-17 09:34

Unknown attackers are trying to exploit a vulnerability in dnaLIMS, a Web based bioinformatics laboratory information management system, to implant a bind shell into the underlying web server....

Thank you, your DNA data will help secure your… oh dear, we've lost that too
2019-04-26 09:20

Er, do you have your original password written down somewhere? Something for the Weekend, Sir? I have been propositioned at midnight at a hotel door. "What's your room number?"…

Home DNA kit company now lets users opt out of FBI data sharing
2019-03-18 16:20

FamilyTreeDNA has disclosed that it's opened up DNA profiles to the FBI to help find suspects of violent crime.

Researchers eavesdrop on DNA synthesizer to steal genetic blueprint
2019-02-27 06:15

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have uncovered the possibility of an acoustic side-channel attack on the DNA synthesis...