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Apple has removed software allowing internet users to skirt China's "Great Firewall" from its app store in the country, the company confirmed Sunday, sparking criticism that it was bowing to Beijing's tightening web censorship.

Security researchers from China-based tech company Tencent have once again demonstrated that they can remotely hack a Tesla. The vulnerabilities they leveraged were quickly patched by the carmaker.

Seven hundred IT and security professionals were surveyed by McAfee to understand the current state and future development of threat hunting -- the active search for existing network breaches.

A newly observed version of the TrickBot banking Trojan includes a worm-like malware propagation module that allows it to spread locally via Server Message Block (SMB), Flashpoint security researchers warn.

95% of Tracked Ransoms Were Cashed Out via BTC-e, a Digital Currency Exchange The Accused Alexander Vinnik Operated

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Researchers discovered that a VMware API can be abused by vSphere users with limited privileges to access the guest operating system without authentication. VMware has provided workarounds for preventing potential attacks exploiting the vulnerability.

A British man was handed a suspended jail sentence by a German court Friday for a massive cyber attack against Deutsche Telekom last year.

The latest round of documents published by WikiLeaks as part of a leak dubbed by the organization “Vault 7” describes several tools allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to target Mac OS X and other POSIX systems.

Cyber threat intelligence means different things to different people and as such I’ve spent the last several articles exploring a threat intelligence mind map and the different levels of threat intelligence:

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Researchers have created proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits to demonstrate how hackers can cause physical damage to vehicles and injure their occupants by remotely hijacking a connected car wash.

For years, Security has sought the ear of the Board and claimed it was not offered. Today the Board is listening; but all too often Security talks in a language that Business does not understand. There is a solution, but it is not yet maximized. That solution is Metrics, a language spoken and understood by both Business and Security; but not widely or effectively used.

A newly discovered spyware family that appears designed for cyber-espionage is still under development, G DATA security researchers say.

Two cyberspy groups believed to be operating out of Iran, tracked by security firms as OilRig and Greenbug, have apparently shared malware code, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks.

Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Radiation Monitors Used in Nuclear Power Plants, Seaports and Airports