Microsoft to Detect Search Protection Code as Malware
Microsoft security products will begin detecting software containing search protection functions and classifying it as malicious on June 1.
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Researchers Exploit Patched Windows Group Policy Bug
Researchers from Core Security were able to exploit a security vulnerability in Windows’ group policy — MS15-011 — that was patched by Microsoft in February.
1.1 Million Affected by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Breach
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced this week that hackers broke into one of its databases and made off with a variety of sensitive customer information.
The Northern District of California has announced the indictment of six Chinese nationals, charging them with theft of trade secrets and economic espionage.
Researchers from ZScaler have uncovered a new scheme where criminals are using malversting to redirect to pages hosting the Magnitude exploit kit and the CryptoWall ransomware.
Penn State announced that its school of engineering was the victim of a more than two-year long cyberattack perpetuated by advanced persistent threat groups.
SAP SE has fixed security vulnerabilities in a pair of compression algorithms used by a number of the company’s popular business management software programs.
The Angler exploit kit is pushing yet another new variant of the TeslaCrypt and AlphaCrypt ransomware. It is similar to Cryptolocker but remains unnamed.
The Tor Project is discontinuing its Tor Cloud Project in the face of mounting bugs and a lack of human and financial resources.
Apple has issued a series of bulletins for its Safari browser fixing various security vulnerabilities in its WebKit rendering engine.
