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TenCent’s QQ Browser Exposes Millions To Security and Privacy Issues
Source:https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/29/security-privacy-issues-qq-browser/ Posted March 29, 2016 Researchers at the Citizen Lab in the of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs ...
Home Depot and the Difficulties of Post-Breach Settlements
Source: http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20160315/NEWS06/160319915/atlanta-based-home-depot-inc-19-5-million-settlement-deal-may-set Posted: March 15, 2016 Home Depot's breach in 2014 ...
New York Times and BBC amongst numerous sites hit by ransomware malvertising
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/16/major-sites-new-york-times-bbc-ransomware-malvertising Posted March 16, 2016 A ransomware campaign directed at U.S. users was ...
Attackers Making Use Of PowerShell and Macros for Malicious Activity
Sources: http://www.securityweek.com/powerware-ransomware-abuses-powershell-office-macros http://www.securityweek.com/powersniff-malware-attacks-abuse-macros-powershell Goes over Sandbox and ...
Anonymous Claims To Have Published Trump’s Private Info As Part of #OpWhiteRose
Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/45435/hacking/anonymous-trump-personal-info.html Posted March 19, 2016 Anonymous has decided that Trump has gone too far with his political remarks. ...
New USB malware that steals data – USB Thief
Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/new-usb-based-data-stealing-malware-detected-in-wild/article/485140/ Win32/PSW.Stealer.NAI aka USB Thief is a data stealing type malware that is hard to detect ...
Source: http://time.com/4274220/fbi-computer-virus-washington/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter The FBI is currently investigating a virus that has affected MedStar Health, a major Washington area ...
FBI managed to hack iPhone without Apple’s help
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/28/apple-justice-department-farook/82354040/ The FBI was able to hack the phone of terrorist Farook and his wife recently. The FBI ...
The Importance of Information Governance in Information Security
Source: http://www.darkreading.com/operations/why-marrying-infosec-and-info-governance-boosts-security-capabilities/a/d-id/1324572?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT The article begins with the importance of data ...