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What should be secret AWS and API keys were (un)secured with the default password credentials: "admin" as the name, "admin" for a password.

The leak of point-of-sale malware source code is a double-edge sword to researchers who view it as boon to research, but a headache when it comes to inspiring future variants and attacks.

New variants of the TreasureHunter point-of-sale (PoS) malware are expected to emerge after its source code was leaked online in March, Flashpoint warns. read more

A patch for Meltdown created an even bigger flaw for 64-bit Win7 and Server 2008 R2. Now, it's freely available.

Rar! That's a scary bug A remote-code execution vulnerability in Windows Defender – a flaw that can be exploited by malicious .rar files to run malware on PCs – has been traced back to an...

Source code belonging to Canada-based digital advertising and software development company AggregateIQ has been found by researchers on an unprotected domain. The exposed files appear to confirm...

Apple said the leak of its iBoot source code will have little to no impact on iOS device security.

What appears to be the source code of iBoot, a key component of Apple’s iOS platform responsible for trusted boot operation, was posted on GitHub yesterday. read more

Apple source code for a core component of iPhone's operating system has purportedly been leaked on GitHub, that could allow hackers and researchers to discover currently unknown zero-day...

Two newly discovered .NET-based ransomware families are using open source repositories to encrypt users’ files, Zscaler security researchers say. read more