Security News This Week: Telegram Says China Is Behind DDoS
Voting machine security gets a boost, Have I Been Pwned is for sale, and more of the week’s top security news.
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10 Notable Security Acquisitions of 2019 (So Far)
In a year when security companies have been snapped up left and right, these deals stand out from the chaos.
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Free Open Source Penetration Testing Distro BackBox Linux 6 Released with new Hacking Tools
BackBox Linux is a free Open Source penetration testing and security assessment oriented Linux distribution providing a network and systems analysis toolkit. It
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Cellebrite Now Says It Can Unlock Any iPhone for Cops
In a strangely public product announcement, the phone-cracking firm revealed a powerful new device.
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Hackers Target US Power, Amazon Clones a Neighborhood, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Source: Wired – Hackers Target US Power, Amazon
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Better Cybersecurity Research Requires More Data Sharing
Researchers at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security highlight the cost savings of sharing cybersecurity data and push for greater access
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Sensory Overload: Filtering Out Cybersecurity's Noise
No organization can prioritize and mitigate hundreds of risks effectively. The secret lies in carefully filtering out the risks, policies, and processes that
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Millions of Linux Servers Under Worm Attack Via Exim Flaw
Attackers are exploiting a Linux Exim critical flaw to execute remote commands, download crypto miners and sniff out other vulnerable servers.
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The Highly Dangerous 'Triton' Hackers Have Probed the US Grid
The same hackers behind a potentially lethal 2017 oil refinery cyberattack are now sniffing at US electrical utility targets.
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Hackers Use Advanced Targeted Attack Tools to Compromise Machines Running Older Versions of Microsoft Windows OS
A new large scale cyber attack combines both the regular cybercrime and targeted attack tools to deliver cryptocurrency miners and ransomware. The campaign
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