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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for February 2019 address more than 70 vulnerabilities, including an Internet Explorer flaw that Google researchers have spotted being exploited in attacks.

Email provider VFEmail was hit by a destructive attack, where a hacker who accessed its network was able to erase its servers in the United States, including the backup systems. 

Symantec announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Luminate Security, an Israel-based company that specializes in securing access to corporate applications in hybrid cloud environments. 

Application security firm ShiftLeft on Tuesday announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to nearly $30 million.The funding round was led by Thomvest Ventures, with participation from new investor SineWave Ventures and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Mayfield.

Adobe on Tuesday released patches for Acrobat and Reader, Flash Player, ColdFusion and Creative Cloud. One of the Reader flaws is a critical data leakage issue whose details were made public by a researcher in January.

Chinese Companies Are facing Many of the Same Cyber Challenges as Companies Elsewhere in the World

One day before Adobe’s monthly security updates, a third-party fix has been released for an Adobe Reader vulnerability revealed several weeks ago.

Lawmakers on Tuesday backed a bill that could cut off Russia's internet traffic from foreign servers, a move critics say is a step towards censorship and possibly an isolated network like in North Korea.

A vulnerability in the latest macOS release could allow a malicious application to access restricted Safari data, an application developer has discovered. 

A vulnerability recently addressed in runc could allow malicious containers to gain root-level code execution on the host.

California-based web security company PerimeterX announced on Monday that it raised $43 million in a Series C funding round, which brings the total raised to date to $77.5 million.

The latest version of Google’s Chrome OS operating system brings some significant security improvements related to the Shill network manager, including a sandbox and fewer privileges.

A piece of Android malware capable of hijacking users’ crypto-currency transactions has slipped into Google Play, ESET security researchers have discovered.

In June 2017, China's new cybersecurity law gave its Ministry of State Security (basically, China's spy agency) new powers over foreign technology. Now, new provisions announced in November 2018 under the title 'Internet Safety Supervision and Inspection Regulations' have expanded the intrusive capabilities of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) -- China's internal police authority.

Tenable on Monday announced the general availability of a new service designed to help organizations identify the vulnerabilities that have the highest likelihood of being exploited.

United States senators have voiced concerns over the use of foreign-made Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

A recently observed coin miner targeting Linux machines can remove a broad range of other malware families from infected systems, according to researchers from Trend Micro.

The Swiss government last week announced the launch of a public bug bounty program for its electronic voting systems, with rewards of up to $50,000.

LONDON (AP) — When mysterious operatives lured two cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an Israeli company that makes

The stunning revelation that a tabloid obtained below-the-belt selfies of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos -- the world's richest man -- suggests that even billionaires are not out of the reach of hackers.