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Aurich Lawson / Getty reader comments 74 with 51 posters participating Share this story A small retail business in North Africa, a North American telecommunications provider, and two separate religious organizations: What do they have in common? They’re all running … Read more
reader comments 38 with 28 posters participating Share this story Some microprocessors from Intel and AMD are vulnerable to a newly discovered speculative execution attack that can covertly leak password data and other sensitive material, sending both chipmakers scrambling once … Read more
Getty Images reader comments 130 with 85 posters participating, including story author Share this story Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a core defense that is among the most effective at preventing account takeovers. In addition to requiring that users provide a … Read more
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reader comments 117 with 75 posters participating Share this story Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte of data from Nvidia have delivered one of the most unusual ultimatums ever in the annals of cybercrime: allow Nvidia’s graphics cards … Read more
reader comments 52 with 25 posters participating Share this story The Russian state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack last year exploited an iOS zero-day as part of a separate malicious email campaign aimed at stealing Web authentication … Read more
reader comments 67 with 52 posters participating Share this story Western Digital, maker of the popular My Disk external hard drives, is recommending customers unplug My Disk Live devices from the Internet until further notice while company engineers investigate unexplained … Read more
reader comments 136 with 101 posters participating Share this story A researcher has uncovered one of the more unusual finds in the annals of malware: booby-trapped files that rat out downloaders and try to prevent unauthorized downloading in the future. … Read more
reader comments 39 with 34 posters participating Share this story A VMware vulnerability with a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10 is under active exploitation. At least one reliable exploit has gone public, and there have been successful attempts … Read more
reader comments 195 with 156 posters participating Share this story If you use Alexa, Echo, or any other Amazon device, you have only 10 days to opt out of an experiment that leaves your personal privacy and security hanging in … Read more