Google Updates Safe Browsing Alerts for Network Admins
Google enhanced the way it displays Safe Browsing Alerts for Network Administrators this week, adding information about sites circulating malware and carrying out social engineering attacks.
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FBI Challenges Absolute Privacy
FBI Director James Comey discussed the scope of the tool they used to break the iPhone 5C and challenged the concept of absolute privacy in a talk Wednesday.
Ubuntu Patches Kernel Vulnerabilities
Several vulnerabilities in Ubuntu’s Linux kernel, including a use-after-free vulnerability and a timing side channel vulnerability, were patched today.
Turkey’s communications minister is denying reports this week that the personally identifiable information of 50 million of the country’s citizens has been leaked online.
Routers manufactured by Quanta are riddled with critical vulnerabilities that won’t be patched, as the company considers the product end of life.
Researchers have identified a vulnerability in an Android API in messaging apps like Skype and perhaps Signal, and Telegram, that could lead to privilege escalation and data loss, including private keys.
The week in news is recapped, including how the FBI cracked that iPhone, ransomware hitting hospitals, and the Hack the Pentagon bug bounty trial program.
The FBI has refused to comply with a judge’s request to describe how it was able to compromise Tor and trigger a wave of child pornography investigations last year.
More than 1,400 vulnerabilities that exist in a widely used drug cabinet system won’t be patched according to an ICS-CERT advisory.
Mike Mimoso talks to Endgame chief technology officer Jamie Butler about targeted attacks, ransomware, and what defenders are doing about detecting attacks on their networks.
