Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2017
Adobe patches 80 vulnerabilities in its products, including Flash Player, Reader, and Acrobat

Adobe released security updates to address more than 80 flaws in products, including Flash Player, Reader, Acrobat, Digital Editions and Experience Manager. Adobe released security updates for its Flash Player, Reader, Acrobat, Digital Editions and Experience Manager products. The company addressed more than 80 vulnerabilities. Adobe has updated Flash Player to version 26.0.0.151 on all platform, this release […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2017
Hotspot Shield VPN threatens your privacy by injecting ads and JS into browsers

The CDT urged US federal trade authorities to investigate VPN provider AnchorFree for deceptive and unfair trade practices. The digital rights advocacy group Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) urged US federal trade authorities to investigate VPN provider AnchorFree for deceptive trade practices. AnchorFree provides the Hotspot Shield VPN app claiming it allows to protect users from online tracking, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2017
Experimental Mozilla Send service allows users share encrypted copy of huge files

Mozilla Send service allows users to make an encrypted copy of a local file, store it on a remote server, and share it with a single recipient. Mozilla has presented Send, an experimental service that allows users to make an encrypted copy of a local file, store it on a remote server, and share it with […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2017
South Korean investigators confirmed National Intelligence Service interference in 2012 election

South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service attempted to influence 2012 presidential election. South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service (NIS) attempted to manipulate voters to help conservative win parliamentary and presidential elections. According to the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Agency conducted a two-years PSYOPs involving up to 30 teams to manipulate […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2017
Cisco fixes DoS, Authentication Bypass issues with its products and OSPF flaw

Cisco addressed 15 flaws in its products, including 2 flaws that could be exploited by attackers to trigger a DoS condition or bypass local authentication. Cisco addressed 15 vulnerabilities affecting a dozen products, including two high severity flaws that could be exploited by attackers to trigger a denial of service condition or bypass local authentication. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2017
CrowdStrike presented the fastest and largest cybersecurity search engine

CrowdStrike Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced the fastest and largest cybersecurity search engine. Security firm CrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced a significant improvement of its Falcon platform that has been integrated with a powerful cybersecurity search engine. According to the company the cybersecurity search engine has high performance, it claims it […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 26, 2017
Adobe Flash end of life announced by 2020. Start thing of the migration

Adobe announced Flash end-of-life by 2020. Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla plans to stop supporting the Adobe Flash Media Player in 2020. It’s official, Adobe will kill Flash by 2020, the company will stop providing support for the popular browser plugin.by the end of that year. “Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2017
New Debian 9.1 release includes 26 security fixes for 55 packages

The Debian Project announced the Debian 9.1 GNU/Linux, a version that brings numerous updates and addresses many security issues. The Debian Project announced the new Debian 9.1 release that includes 26 security fixes. The list of fixed problems includes the Heimdal Kerberos man-in-the-middle vulnerability, a 20 years-old vulnerability in Kerberos that was parched this week for both Microsoft and Linux distros. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2017
EU digital chief Andrus Ansip announced its plans to improve cyber security in EU

EU digital chief Andrus Ansip announced new measures to improve EU cyber security, including new offices to certify cybersecurity of technology products. The EU digital chief Andrus Ansip announced his plan to set up a new office to certify the level of cyber security implemented in technology products. The European Commission vice-president is thinking of a network […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2017
How encryption can help startups in protecting their data

The deployment of encryption in modern businesses does not only guarantee hundred percent security but it also reduces the surface of attack. Data protection has become the top objective for many businesses in the world today. Especially after the ransomware incident, hacked credit card databases and the Apple leak. Businesses are scratching their heads in anticipation […]