Podcast: Troy Hunt Talks Bad Passwords – and Who’s to Blame for Them
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ThreatList: Google Play Nine Times Safer Than Third-Party App Stores
potentially harmful applications” (PHAs) installed. Also, the first three quarters in 2018 averaged an even lower PHA rate, of 0.08 percent. In comparison, in the Read More
Program Looks to Tap Military Vets for Cyber-Jobs
Cisco Talos, NetApp and Maryland’s state government announced an initiative to help military veterans in that state transition into civilian positions in cybersecurity. The hope Read More
Rapidly Growing Router Botnet Takes Advantage of 5-Year-Old Flaw
A fresh botnet is spreading across the landscape, targeting router equipment. So far, hundreds of thousands of bot endpoints have already been identified, and they’re Read More
Threatpost News Wrap Podcast for Nov. 9
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Recently-Patched Adobe ColdFusion Flaw Exploited By APT
An Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability, patched two months ago, was being exploited in the wild by a China-linked APT group, researchers found. The vulnerability, CVE-2018-15961, is Read More
Cisco Accidentally Released Dirty CoW Exploit Code in Software
Cisco Systems revealed in a security bulletin Wednesday that it “inadvertently” shipped in-house exploit code that was used in security tests of scripts as part Read More
How can we stop being cyber idiots?
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Are you guilty of poor cyber-security habits? Humans are often the weakest link in the chain when it comes to computer Read More
Apple Modernizes Its Hardware Security with T2
When Apple launched its latest MacBook Air last month, one of its more unusual features is that the built-in microphone automatically turns off when the Read More
New APT Could Signal Reemergence of Notorious Comment Crew
A recently observed APT campaign, dubbed Operation Oceansalt, could herald the return of the infamous China-linked hacking group known as Comment Crew or APT1. Attacks are Read More