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Five-Year-Old Bait-and-Switch Linux Security Flaw Patched

Maintainers of the Linux Kernel project have fixed three security flaws this week, among which there was a serious bug that lingered in the kernel for the past five years and allowed attackers to bypass some OS security systems and open a root shell. [...]
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First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available

Developers at the Tor Project have started working on a sandboxed version of the Tor Browser, currently available as an early alpha version for Linux systems. Currently, this version is in an early alpha stage, and only available for Linux. There are no binaries available, and users must compile it themselves from the source code. [...]
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Cryptocurrency Miners Turn Their Sights to Zcash

Barely a month and a half have passed since Zcash became available, and crooks have already started deploying malware that infects the computers of unsuspecting users and uses their resources to mine for this very profitable cryptocurrency. [...]
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Microsoft Edge SmartScreen Security Feature Can Be Abused for Tech Support Scams

Microsoft Edge SmartScreen SecuriManuel Caballero, the Web security expert behind the Broken Browser blog, has discovered that Microsoft Edge, the default web browser included with Windows 10, is affected by a vulnerability that allows a third-party to show fake warning messages for any online domain, such as Google, Facebook, or the [...]
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Samas Ransomware Group Made at Least $450,000

A criminal group has made at least $450,000 by infecting organizations with the Samas ransomware in the past year, according to an analysis by researchers from security firm Palo Alto Networks. [...]
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Music Records and Movie Studios Shouldn't Be Allowed to Cut off Your Internet

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has issued a dire warning, bringing public attention to a legal case that may allow copyright holders such as music labels and movie studios the power to cut off a user's Internet connection in case they suspect he may be breaking copyright laws. [...]
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Old Skype for Mac API Doubles as a Backdoor

A soon-to-be-deprecated API included with Skype for Mac contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass authentication procedures and query for user data or interact with a local Skype installation. [...]
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Google Spins Off Its Self-Driving Cars Division Into New Company Called Waymo

Google has made important changes to its corporate structure today, when it spun off its self-driving cars unit as a separate company called Waymo, which will now be part of the Alphabet group, a parent company that manages a multitude of other Google-based ventures, such as Calico, DeepMind, Nest Labs, and more. [...]
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Microsoft's December 2016 Patch Tuesday fixes Zero Day disclosed by Google

Today is the December 2016 Microsoft Patch Tuesday and we have twelve security updates being released by Microsoft. Of these twelve updates, six of them are rated as Critical as they allow remote code execution on the affected computer.  [...]
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Adobe updates numerous Applications to resolve 30 Security Vulnerabilities

Adobe released security updates for Adobe Animate, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Experience Manager Forms, Adobe DNG Converter, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Adobe Adobe Digital Editions, and Adobe Robohelp. ColdFusion Builder, InDesign, Manager, that resolve 30 security vulnerabilities. [...]
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Malvertising Campaign Infects Your Router Instead of Your Browser

Malicious ads are serving exploit code to infect routers, instead of browsers, in order to insert ads in every site users are visiting. Discovered by security researchers from US security firm Proofpoint, this malvertising campaign is powered by a new exploit kit called DNSChanger EK. [...]
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Vulnerability in Joomla Allows Attackers to Reset Passwords and Take Over Sites

The Joomla Project released version 3.6.5 of the Joomla CMS that addresses three security bugs, of which one can allow attackers to take over vulnerable sites. If this wasn't bad enough, this vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-9838, affects all Joomla versions released in the past five years. [...]