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US retail giant Home Depot is set to pay a $25 million settlement in relation to a data breach suffered in 2014. The post Home Depot agrees to $25 million settlement for data breach appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cyber news weekly. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst, and a guy with a passion for all things security. Any more questions? Just ask. Microsoft Services Go Offline Was I the only one who wasn’t able to access my Xbox […]
What awaits us in terms of mobile security trends? Throughout this article, we will discuss how risks might develop in the near future. The post Mobile security: The reality of malware … augmented appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
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The convenience of having some kind of internet connection on more and more of the devices we use each day is undeniable. However, without proper security vetting, this convenience may come at a hefty price. In the past year alone, we’ve seen millions of routers, DVRs, IP cameras, cars, and more get hacked and either […]
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm.
The US-based nonprofit organization Consumer Reports has come up with a new standard that aims to boost consumer confidence in privacy and data security. The post Consumer Reports launches new privacy and data security standard appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET researchers discovered 13 new Instagram credential stealers on Google play and looked into the motivations behind their fraudulent schemes. The post New Instagram credential stealers discovered on Google Play appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET’s Lysa Myers looks at the shortage of qualified information security talent to fill positions, discussing ways in which to plug the infosec talent gap. The post Ways in which to plug the infosec talent gap appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
In honor of International Women’s Day, we hosted our quarterly Women of Webroot meeting this afternoon at our World Headquarters in Broomfield. Women of Webroot brings together women from all parts of our business to celebrate wins and provide support for issues women in tech may face. Although there are more women in technology-related positions […]
Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.
A full radio interview with ESET’s Alexis Dorais-Joncas and radio and TV personality Marc Saltzman – on NewsTalk 1010 – talking about a malicious weather app that was found on Google Play. The post Good Weather App radio interview with Alexis Dorais-Joncas and Marc Saltzman appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
ESET researchers have observed an increased number of apps on Google Play using social engineering techniques to boost their ratings, ranging from legitimate apps, through adware to malware. The post Aggressive ad-displaying Google Play app tricks users into leaving high ratings appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
LinuxSecurity.com: Fixed CVE 2017-2590: freeipa: ipa: Insufficient permission check for ca-del, ca-disable and ca-enable commands [fedora-all]
LinuxSecurity.com: * [7.x-1.21](https://www.drupal.org/project/metatag/releases/7.x-1.21) *[Moderately Critical – Information disclosure – SA-CONTRIB-2017-019](https://www.drupal.org/node/2852937)
LinuxSecurity.com: This is a new upstream feature and security release. Improvements include:bypass; pre-filter — fast packet keywords; TLS improvements; ICS protocoladditions: DNP3 CIP/ENIP; SHA1/SHA256 for file matching, logging & extraction;NIC offloading disabled by default; unix socket enabled by default; and AppLayer stats. Documentation: http://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-3.2/
LinuxSecurity.com: Security fix for CVE-2017-5884, CVE-2017-5885
LinuxSecurity.com: An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]
