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![Google Releases Password Alert Extension for Chrome (Threatpost)](/static/build/img/news/alt/DDoS-small.jpg)
Google is rolling out a new extension for Chrome that will monitor users’ logins and warn them if they enter a Google password on a non-Google page, a move designed to help protect users against...
![5,000+ e-commerce sites at risk due to buggy WordPress plugin (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
A popular WordPress e-commerce plugin that is actively used on over 5,000 websites contains high-risk vulnerabilities that can be exploited to compromise customers' data, execute arbitrary PHP code, a...
![Macro-Enabled Malware Making a Comeback (Threatpost)](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Malware that uses macros as part of its infection method has been around for more than a decade, and was one of the first major techniques to drive changes at software vendors such as Microsoft....
![How I Got Here: Jennifer Leggio (Threatpost)](/static/build/img/news/alt/password-statistics-small.jpg)
Dennis Fisher talks with Jennifer Leggio, a longtime player in security PR and marketing, about her start as an obituary writer in Southern California, her move into tech in the Bay Area, what she...
![Fraudsters steal millions from Ryanair account (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-breach-statistics-small.jpg)
Fraudsters have apparently managed to syphon some 4.5 million euros (about $5 million) out of a bank account belonging to Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost airline. According to the Independent, t...
![Tor Browser 4.5. is out, with new security and privacy upgrades (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
The Tor Project has released version 4.5 of its popular Tor Browser, and this new version comes with a number of security and privacy improvements. Users can now use a Security Slider to easily set...
![Protecting and identifying your information assets (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2015, Tim Upton, CEO at TITUS, illustrates how TITUS gives your data an identity by adding metadata to an information asset such as an email or a document. T...
![Why you should steer users towards less predictable passwords (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
As users are instructed to create ever more complex passwords, and developers are starting to use encryption methods more difficult to crack than standard hashing functions, password crackers (and pen...
![Hacker exploits Android devices with self-implanted NFC chip (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
A security researcher has demonstrated that it's possible to implant yourself with a NFC chip that will not be detected by body scanners at airports or other high-security locations, and which could b...
![Threats on government networks remain undetected for 16 days (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Government cyber security professionals estimate that cyber threats exist on their networks for an average of 16 days before they are detected – hiding in plain sight. The good news is that 86 pe...