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Mike Bittner, Digital Security & Operations Manager at “While bad actors may find a haven in the Firefox browser, they are able to execute similar campaigns using malicious sites regardless of which browser users default on. As an open source product, …
Continue ReadingNetwork security, in today’s world, needs no introduction or explanation. We all know that the term network security refers to the securing of any computer network, aiming to prevent anyone from accessing, manipulating or misusing the network in any wa…
Continue Readingvia www.infosecurity-magazine.com Nearly 70% of UK Firms Hit by a Cyber-Attack in 2018Over two-thirds of UK firms have fallen victim to a cyber-attack over the past year, with many claiming they don’t get enough guidance from the government on how to c…
Continue Readingvia www.infosecurity-magazine.com Teen Email Hoaxer Gets Three YearsA Hertfordshire teenager has been sentenced to three years behind bars after pleading guilty in September to making bomb threats to thousands of schools and disrupting a transatlantic …
Continue Readingvia UK security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian Expanded intelligence gathering is ‘a grave threat’ warn rights groupsThe UK’s intelligence agencies are to significantly increase their use of large-scale data hacking after claiming that more targe…
Continue ReadingAnalysis You’ve patched your Intel, AMD, Power, and Arm gear to crush those pesky data-leaking speculative execution processor bugs, right? Good, because IBM eggheads in Switzerland have teamed up with Northeastern University boffins in the US to cook …
Continue ReadingGigamon Applied Threat Research (ATR) identifies an active exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash via a Microsoft Office document. The vulnerability (CVE-2018-15982) allows for a maliciously crafted Flash object to execute code on a vi…
Continue ReadingEclecticIQ Monthly Vulnerability Trend Report – October 2018.
This post is aimed to provide an overview of trends in vulnerability disclosures and announcements on a regular basis. Where applicable, the report will provide knowledge of known exploits …
Continue ReadingWe have just received reports that a team of researchers discovered a new variation of the Spectre CPU bug known as the SplitSpectre CPU Vulnerability. It allows malicious users to hijack sensitive data vi the same speculative execution approach as the…
Continue ReadingAre the underpinnings of HTTPS security as foolproof as everyone assumes they are? The answer should be a resounding ‘yes’ unless, that is, you happen to be one of a small group of researchers who spend their time formulating what have come to be known…
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