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Geek-themed Meme of the Week: iPhone Fingerprint Edition

I’m actually more concerned about my own print

By Paul McNamara

Dec 2, 2013 2 mins

Access Control Apple Smartphones

Trojan program ‘Neverquest’ a new threat to online banking users, researchers say

Attackers could start to aggressively distribute this malware in the near future, Kaspersky Lab researchers warn

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 26, 2013 4 mins

Access Control Data Breach Small and Medium Business

Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records from online dating network Cupid Media

The exposed information included email addresses and plaintext passwords

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 20, 2013 3 mins

Access Control Data Breach Small and Medium Business

GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attack results in compromised accounts

Some GitHub accounts had their passwords, access tokens and SSH keys reset

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 20, 2013 2 mins

Access Control Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business

Hackers actively exploiting JBoss vulnerability to compromise servers, researchers say

Hackers exploit exposed JBoss management interfaces and invokers to install Web shells on servers

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 19, 2013 4 mins

Access Control Intrusion Detection Software Malware

Hackers claim they used zero-day vulnerability to breach vBulletin support forum

The hackers say they hacked the forum of vBulletin user MacRumors.com using the same exploit, which is now up for sale

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 18, 2013 3 mins

Data Breach Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business

Keypic, replacing CAPTCHA without annoying users [UPDATED]

CAPTCHA has been broken now it's time for it to be replaced ... Keypic looks like the answer

By Mark Gibbs

Nov 14, 2013 4 mins

Access Control Malware Security

Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories urge ditching old, weak crypto algorithms

Microsoft's scheduled security patches were accompanied by cryptography-related recommendations to stop using RC4 cipher and SHA-1

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 13, 2013 4 mins

Access Control Encryption Small and Medium Business

Facebook forces some users to reset passwords because of Adobe data breach

Users whose Adobe online log-in credentials were exposed and used the same passwords on Facebook will need to change them

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 12, 2013 3 mins

Access Control Data Breach Small and Medium Business

British spies reportedly spoofed LinkedIn, Slashdot to target network engineers

Key employees from telecommunication companies were redirected to pages that installed malware on their computers

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 11, 2013 5 mins

Government IT Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business