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![Ubuntu local privilege escalation posted to oss-security (still unpatched; includes PoC) (Reddit)](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
![Microsoft Prepared to Pay Up to $15,000 for Spartan, Azure Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-statistics-small.jpg)
![It's not easy being great (IT Toolbox Blogs)](/static/build/img/news/alt/antivirus-stats-small.jpg)
![Microsoft announces bug bounties for Spartan, Azure (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-breach-statistics-small.jpg)
As the official launch of Windows 10 approaches, Microsoft has launched a new bug bounty related to its Technical Preview version, and is asking bug hunters to analyze its new browser codenamed Sparta...
![The ticking cybersecurity risk: Managing wearable tech in the workplace (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
Smartphones and tablets took time to effectively crossover from consumer device to business staple. Wearables, despite still being the infants of IT hardware, are already starting to make that leap. ...
![Banking botnets persist despite takedowns (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
In order to provide organizations insight into the most insidious and pervasive banking botnets currently being used to target financial institutions and their clients, Dell SecureWorks released at RS...
![Vulnerability management for over 15,000 unique apps (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
Tripwire announced at RSA Conference 2015 that its Tripwire IP360 solution now discovers more than 100,000 conditions, including vulnerabilities, configurations and operating systems, and more than 15...
![Smarter threats and the rising complexity of cybercrime (Help Net Security)](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-breach-statistics-small.jpg)
85,000 new malicious IPs are launched every day, and the top phishing targets are technology companies and financial institutions, the new Webroot 2015 Threat Brief reveals. Presented at RSA Conf...
![Government Giving 'No More Free Passes' To Cybercriminals (Dark Reading)](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)