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Web apps and point-of-sale were leading hacker targets in 2013, says Verizon

The telco's annual data breach report incorporates data from more sources than ever before

Apr 22, 2014 6 mins

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Satellite communication systems rife with security flaws, vulnerable to remote hacks

Researchers found critical vulnerabilities in satellite communications devices used in the defense, maritime, aerospace and other sectors

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 18, 2014 5 mins

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Michaels says breach at its stores affected nearly 3M payment cards

Another 400,000 cards at subsidiary Aaron Brothers may have been affected

By John Ribeiro

Apr 18, 2014 3 mins

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Tor anonymity network to shrink as a result of Heartbleed flaw

The Tor Project banned 380 vulnerable entry and exit relays and is eyeing 1,000 more

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 17, 2014 3 mins

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Oracle identifies products affected by Heartbleed, but work remains on fixes

Oracle also shipped 104 patches as part of a regular quarterly update

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 16, 2014 3 mins

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VMware promises Heartbleed patches for affected products by the weekend

The company has identified over two dozen affected product versions so far and is releasing updates

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 15, 2014 2 mins

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Don’t overlook URL fetching agents when fixing Heartbleed flaw on servers, researchers say

TLS clients are also vulnerable to Heartbleed memory leaking attacks, including server-side applications that fetch user-supplied URLs

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 11, 2014 5 mins

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Website operators will have a hard time dealing with the Heartbleed vulnerability

Patching the vulnerable OpenSSL software is just the first step, security experts say

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 10, 2014 7 mins

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Security update for BlackBerry 10 OS fixes remote code execution vulnerability

The vulnerability can be exploited via Wi-Fi when developer mode is active or via a computer USB connection, the manufacturer said

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 10, 2014 2 mins

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Users face serious threat as hackers take aim at routers, embedded devices

Attacks are likely to continue and manufacturers are largely unprepared to respond, security researchers say

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 3, 2014 6 mins

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