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The acceptance and adoption of biometrics as a primary or second factor in multi-factor authentication has been considerably slower than expected. There are signs now, however, that it is finally gathering pace. Apple has long included TouchID with the iPhone, and has now added FaceID to the new iPhone X.

A new, massive botnet is currently recruiting improperly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as IP wireless cameras, Check Point warns.

Proton, a remote access tool (RAT) that emerged in early 2017, has once again compromised a legitimate software’s distribution channel to spread, ESET warns.

The Russia-linked cyber espionage group known as APT28 has been using a recently patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability in attacks aimed at government organizations and aerospace companies, security firm Proofpoint reported on Thursday.

A newly discovered Android malware has the ability to add the compromised devices to a botnet that could potentially launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Symantec warns.

A brand new ransomware family currently being distributed through the Magnitude exploit kit appears to be targeting South Korean users exclusively, security researchers have discovered.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently ordered all federal agencies to start using DMARC, but currently only a small percentage have fully implemented the system, according to a report from security firm Agari.

Did you lock your front door this morning? Chances are, the answer is yes (and if not, you’re scrambling to text your spouse to make sure that he or she did after you left). The idea of leaving your place of residence open and available to whoever may choose to test the doorknob is virtually unfathomable – we place a high level of value on our home and the items within it.

Cisco informed customers on Wednesday that it has patched critical and high severity vulnerabilities in several of its products, including the Cloud Services Platform (CSP), the Firepower Extensible Operating System (FXOS) and NX-OS software, and some Small Business IP phones.

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