By: Kacy Zurkus Macs are really no more secure than a PC, but for many years there just weren’t as many out there because of the expense of the hardware and other issues. They’ve historically been a much less popular choice… Continue Reading
By: Marc Stevens (CWI Amsterdam), Elie Bursztein (Google), Pierre Karpman (CWI Amsterdam), Ange Albertini (Google), Yarik Markov (Google), Alex Petit Bianco (Google), Clement Baisse (Google) Today, more than 20 years after of SHA-1 was first introduced, we are announcing the… Continue Reading
By: Elena Titova No business, small or large, can afford to ignore cyber security. According to a recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 60 percent of cyber-attacks target SMBs, largely because they are easier targets. But you don’t have to… Continue Reading
By: MORGAN CHALFANT Yahoo issued a new warning to some users on Wednesday, indicating that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach revealed by the company last year. “Based on the ongoing investigation, we believe a… Continue Reading
By: Zeljka Zorz WordPress released the newest version (4.7.2) of the popular CMS, ostensibly fixing three security issues affecting versions 4.7.1 and earlier. What the WordPress team didn’t share at that time is that the update also secretly fixes a… Continue Reading
By: Danny Bradbury A new type of attack should make Tor users – and countless dogs around the world – prick up their ears. The attack, revealed at BlackHat Europe in November and at the 33rd Chaos Computer Congress the… Continue Reading
By: Chris Preimesberger Hewlett-Packard Inc. came out Jan. 31 with two new mobile thin clients that certainly look like any other laptop one can find at Best Buy or on any online retail site you can name. There’s a different… Continue Reading
By: Michael Mimoso Spammers and cybercriminals have revived email-based attacks in the last year, giving new life to macro-based malware hidden in Word documents, and with greater intensity of late, .js files that run JavaScript on infected clients, largely to… Continue Reading
By: Chris Preimesberger Oracle is in the process of laying off about 1,800 employees, mostly from the hardware business that was Sun, which was acquired for $7.4 billion in 2010. The long-running high-end chips business and its correlated Unix-based Solaris… Continue Reading
By: Dan Goodin Google Play, the official market for Android apps, was caught hosting a ransomware app that infected at least one real-world handset, security researchers said Tuesday. The ransomware was dubbed Charger and was hidden inside an app called… Continue Reading