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US will use cyberattacks to defend against threats
The US Defense Department is set to announce a new strategy to combat cyberthreats from other countries, according to a report. US Defense Secretary …
Google kills 200 ad-injecting Chrome extensions, says many are malware
Google is cracking down on ad-injecting extensions for its Chrome browser after finding that almost 200 of them exposed millions of users to deceptive …
Stealing Data From Computers Using Heat
AIR-GAPPED SYSTEMS, WHICH are isolated from the Internet and are not connected to other systems that are connected to the Internet, are used in …
Eric Garner’s Wikipedia page was edited from an NYPD computer, NYPD admits
The New York Police Department has confirmed that at least some edits to Wikipedia entries about people who died following confrontations with NPYD officers …
Cyber and Electronic Warfare Stand Out in Navys Maritime Strategy
U.S. Navy ships increasingly reliance on computers and software to operate make them plum targets to cyber or electromagnetic attacks, according to a new …
Serious bug in fully patched Internet Explorer puts user credentials at risk
A vulnerability in fully patched versions of Internet Explorer allows attackers to steal login credentials and inject malicious content into users’ browsing sessions. Microsoft …
In major goof, Uber stored sensitive database key on public GitHub page
Uber is trying to force GitHub to disclose the IP address of every person that accessed a webpage connected to a database intrusion that …
Lenovo’s Superfish screwup highlights biggest problem in software
When will a buck-stops-here culture finally reach the software industry? Not soon enough, if Lenovo’s Superfish software scandal is any indication. From September to …
Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware
In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card or …
Google discloses three severe vulnerabilities in Apple OS X
Google’s Project Zero security team revealed the existence this week of three vulnerabilities with high severity that have yet to be fixed in Apple’s …
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