Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users' files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users' files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
Security
May 13, 2017
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Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about the global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in Russia.
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May 12, 2017
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Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal was poised to wreak havoc across ...
Software
Apr 15, 2017
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These tests produce millions of valid program inputs within minutes. In this manner the researchers can automatically extract the required information from the program they are examining. They will present further details ...
Security
Mar 15, 2017
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WikiLeaks has offered to help the likes of Google and Apple identify the software holes used by purported CIA hacking tools—and that puts the tech industry in something of a bind.
Security
Mar 10, 2017
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A consortium of researchers today announced the development of a universal, free, and open-source framework to protect wireless software updates in vehicles. The team issued a challenge to security experts everywhere to try ...
Security
Jan 19, 2017
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Anyone with a sinister mind and some dollars to spare could mastermind a cyber-attack such as the one the Australian Bureau of Statistics is claiming hit the Census website last night, according to a Deakin University cyber ...
Security
Aug 10, 2016
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Fiat Chrysler is turning to weekend car tinkerers and good-guy hackers to expose software vulnerability in its cars and trucks.
Security
Jul 13, 2016
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Researchers from TU Darmstadt developed successfully in collaboration with the University of California Irvine a new protection for Tor users. "Selfrando" strengthens the Tor Browser against attempts to hack and de-anonymize ...
Security
Jun 24, 2016
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A computer scam making the rounds could cost you hundreds of dollars or the ability to access your most precious pictures and sensitive files.
Security
May 20, 2016
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