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LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability

29

Mar

2017

For the second time in two weeks developers of the popular LastPass password manager are working to fix a serious vulnerability that could allow malicious websites to steal user passwords or infect computers with malware. Like the LastPass flaws patched last week, the new issue was discovered and reported to LastPass by Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google’s Project Zero team.

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Newly leaked documents show low-level CIA Mac and iPhone hacks

24

Mar

2017

The U.S. CIA has had tools to infect Apple Mac computers by connecting malicious Thunderbolt Ethernet adapters to them since 2012, according to new documents purported to be from the agency and published by WikiLeaks. One of the documents, dated Nov. 29, 2012, is a manual from the CIA’s Information Operations Center on the use […]

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Mirai is the hydra of IoT security: too many heads to cut off

14

Mar

2017

Efforts to stop Mirai, a malware found infecting thousands of IoT devices, have become a game of whack-a-mole, with differing opinions over whether hackers or the security community are making any headway. The malicious code became publicly available in late September. Since then, it’s been blamed for enslaving IoT devices such as DVRs and internet […]

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