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In 1969, Apollo 11 landed men on the moon, marking the first time in human history that people walked on a surface other than Planet Earth. Five more manned moon landings happened during the next three years, and one could have assumed that this was just the first stage of interplanetary human expansion. 

Cisco has released a firmware update for one of its small business routers to address a critical vulnerability that can be exploited for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and arbitrary code execution.

The European General Data Protection Regulation will be in force in just over 12 months: May 25, 2018. This is the date by which all EU nations must have enacted the regulation.

A remote access Trojan (RAT) that managed to stay under the radar for more than 3 years has been used by cyberspies to target organizations linked to North Korea, Cisco’s Talos research and intelligence group reported on Wednesday.

Interest in the internet of things (IoT) and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) continues to grow; but actual activity lags behind interest. Security remains industry's biggest concern.

As long as computers have been in existence, there have been people trying to hack them. As technology has evolved and improved, so has the advancements for keeping cyberattacks at bay. But of course, as technology gets smarter, so do the hackers.

A researcher has disclosed the details of a WordPress vulnerability that can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to reset a targeted user’s password. The flaw was reported to WordPress months ago, but it still has not been patched.

A phishing scam that tricked people with what appeared to be Google Docs links was doused by the internet giant after spreading wildly on Wednesday. The purpose of the scam, and the culprits behind it, remained unknown late in the day.

The Hague - European police are probing whether the Islamic State group and other extremists are setting up a social network to spread propaganda, gain funding and avoid security crackdowns, an official said Wednesday.

The prolific Carbanak crime group has refined its intrusion strategy and expanded its arsenal of tools used in attacks, a new Trustwave report reveals.

Mozilla has shared details about its own position in the debate between Symantec and Google regarding improper issuance of digital certificates. The organization advised Symantec to accept Google’s offer, but it has also described alternative action it may take if an agreement is not reached.

Google this week announced the contents of the May 2017 Android security patches, revealing that six Critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaws were addressed in the Mediaserver component.

A new variant of the Cerber ransomware has emerged over the past month, featuring multipart arrival vectors and refashioned file encryption routines, TrendMicro security researchers warn.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, 2018.  The regulation is primarily designed to protect the private data of EU citizens.

A botnet powered by compromised home routers has been apparently shut down. It is unclear if the botnet operators decided to pull the plug on their operation or if the disruption was caused by law enforcement.

Travel technology giant Sabre revealed that it has launched an investigation after detecting unauthorized access to sensitive information processed through one of its systems.

Netgear recently informed customers that it has released firmware updates for some of its routers and switches to address remote code execution and other types of vulnerabilities.

Existing threats escalated and new threats emerged in a turbulent 2016. Ransomware spiked, IoT-based DDoS threatened the internet, political subversion and sabotage grew, and hackers moved towards non-malware based attacks -- or 'living off the land'. These and more threats are highlighted in Symantec's new Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR).