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IT Security: Shadow Brokers boasts of more Windows exploits and cyberespionage data

IT Security: Shadow Brokers boasts of more Windows exploits and cyberespionage data

The group plans to sell more Equation exploits and cyberespionage data through a subscription-based service A group of hackers that...

IT Security: Microsoft fixes 55 flaws, 3 of them exploited by Russian cyberspies

IT Security: Microsoft fixes 55 flaws, 3 of them exploited by Russian cyberspies

Microsoft fixed critical vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Edge, Internet Explorer, and its malware protection engine Microsoft released security patches Tuesday...

It Security: Google phishing scam – gmail users hit by masive email scam sweeping web

It Security: Google phishing scam – gmail users hit by masive email scam sweeping web

It allows hackers to take over your email account A huge scam is sweeping the web and anyone with a...

IT Security: Ransomware attacks are taking a bigger toll on victims’ wallets

IT Security: Ransomware attacks are taking a bigger toll on victims’ wallets

The average ransomware payment rose to $1,077, up from $294 a year earlier Hackers spreading ransomware are getting greedier. In...

IT Security: Hackers use old Stuxnet-related bug to carry out attacks

IT Security: Hackers use old Stuxnet-related bug to carry out attacks

Protection from these exploits means installing security patches or upgrading your OS Users that run unpatched software beware. Hackers have...

IT Security: Microsoft begins denying updates to some Windows 7 users

IT Security: Microsoft begins denying updates to some Windows 7 users

But the no-support-on-new-silicon dragnet sweeps up innocent PCs, too, as false-positive reports mount Microsoft this week began blocking Windows 7...

IT Security: EU orders Facebook and Google to prevent consumer scams

IT Security: EU orders Facebook and Google to prevent consumer scams

They must find fraud-fighting solutions soon or face “enforcement action” Social media platforms are still a wild, wild west of...

IT Solutions: Scientists make stretchy electronics using a soup ingredient

IT Solutions: Scientists make stretchy electronics using a soup ingredient

Flexible electrodes could pave the way for new brain interfaces and wearables For smart clothing or skin-worn devices to improve,...

IT Security: Yahoo hackers accessed 32 million accounts with forged cookies

IT Security: Yahoo hackers accessed 32 million accounts with forged cookies

The company admitted execs ‘failed to act’ on knowledge of breaches in 2014 In a regulatory filing, Yahoo revealed some...

IT Security: Server bug leaks user data for thousands of popular websites

IT Security: Server bug leaks user data for thousands of popular websites

A number of high-profile websites have been leaking their users personal data into the ether, thanks to an error by...

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