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Security certificates from the free certificate authority (CA) Let’s Encrypt are being abused by cybercriminals in a malvertising campaign, Trend Micro has discovered.

Starting on January 1, 2016, Firefox 43 began rejecting new SSL certificates that use the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function, but the latest version of...

Security researchers have observed an increase in exploit kit (EK) activity in the beginning of this year, coupled with a series of mutations, which...

Google on Monday released the latest set of updates for its Android operating system (OS), including fixes for five critical security vulnerabilities found in...

A hacking group going by the name of "New World Hacking" claimed responsibility for taking down BBC websites for multiple hours on New Year’s...

Many Users Fail to Propertly Protect Their Mobile Devices: ReportThe use of mobile devices has increased significantly over the past years, yet many users...

Computers and mobile devices might be the main targets for cybercriminals at the moment, but the fast expanding Internet of Things (IoT) market is...

North Korea has developed its own computer operating system, dubbed Red Star OS, which represents the dream software for any government looking for the...

Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems are at the top of the list when it comes to the number of distinct vulnerabilities that have...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to inform users when it believes that their accounts have been targeted or compromised by actors working on behalf...

Windows 10 devices have built-in disk encryption that is turned on out of the box, offering additional data protection, but the recovery keys are...

A Chrome extension that AVG AntiVirus automatically installs on users’ systems exposes browsing history and other personal data to the Internet, Google Project Zero...

Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new family of malware that secretly turns infected systems into Internet proxies.

Researchers at Symantec have discovered a new piece of Android malware that drops and runs a firewall binary called DroidWall on compromised devices to...

Raspberry Pi Foundation Receives Offer for Pre-Installing MalwareThe Raspberry Pi Foundation revealed recently that it was offered money to pre-install malware on its Raspberry...

Yahoo! this week announced that it will notify users when it suspects that their accounts might have been targeted by state-sponsored actors.

Twitter Joins CloudFlare and Facebook Proposal for Delaying SHA-1’s SunsetTwitter is the latest tech company to suggest that support for SSL certificates using the...

Microsoft on Monday announced plans to ban adware programs that use man-in-the-middle (MiTM) techniques to inject ads, starting March 31, 2016.

Google is considering rejecting SSL certificates that use the SHA-1 cryptographic hash function in Google Chrome on July 2016, half a year earlier than...

Operation Black Atlas, a campaign aimed at infecting point of sale (PoS) systems around the world, has managed to infect more companies and is...