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Android apps are snooping on other software on your device – and that could tell shady advertising companies more about you than you’d like. Continue reading Android apps are snooping on your installed software
Adobe has released another security patch outside of its usual routine, to deal with a bug that allows attackers to delete victims’ files. Continue reading Adobe issues emergency fix for file-munching bug
A cyberattack that targeted the World Health Organization is probably just the tip of the iceberg according to experts reacting to the news this week. Continue reading Hackers target WHO in phishing attack
If you thought the Mirai botnet was bad, what about a version under the control of Russia’s military that it could point like an electronic cannon at people it didn’t like? Continue reading Russia’s FSB wanted its own IoT botnet
Heads up, Firefox users who rely on FTP: the browser is eliminating support for this venerable protocol. Continue reading Firefox is dropping FTP support
Online exchange rate data provider Open Exchange Rates has exposed an undisclosed amount of user data via an Amazon database. Continue reading Exchange rate service’s customer details hacked via AWS
Cryptojacking may not be entirely gone following the shutdown of notorious cryptomining service Coinhive – but it’s drastically diminished. Continue reading Cryptojacking is almost conquered – crushed along with coinhive.com
Virtualisation company VMware patched two bugs this week that affected a large proportion of its client-side virtual machines. Continue reading VMware patches virtualisation bugs
Slack has fixed a bug that allowed attackers to hijack user accounts by tampering with their HTTP sessions. Continue reading Slack fixes account-stealing bug
Open source bugs have skyrocketed, according to a report from WhiteSource, with XSS flaws account for a quarter of those bugs. Continue reading Open source bugs have soared in the past year