One vulnerability patched by Microsoft yesterday fixes an elevation of privilege issue in its Cortana voice assistant when used in a Windows 10 device.
Over the weekend, threat actors made off with about 30 percent of the coins traded on the Conrail exchange, although the firm didn't quantify the value of the heist.
Mobile and IoT device manufacturers continue to ship products with the Android Debug Bridge feature automatically enabled -- a dangerous default setting that enables potential adversaries to connect to these devices.
In addition to sniffing out drugs, bombs, and other weapons, police are training their canine units to assist in fighting cybercrime by sniffing out hidden electronic devices.
BSI confirms that it is running the secretariat for a new ISO Project Committee developing ISO 23485 Consumer protection - Privacy by design for consumer goods and services - aimed at protecting consumers' domestic privacy.
Researchers measured countries by their native unencrypted services on the public internet, service on the internet that is unsuitable for public access, and service subject to amplification abuse via connectionless communication.
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