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Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday announced the launch of PAN-OS 8.0, which brings major improvements to the company’s Next-Generation Security Platform, and several new hardware and virtual firewall appliances.

A 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2017-0016) affecting Windows’ SMBv3 (Server Message Block) protocol that was revealed last week is no longer considered a Critical issue, but High-risk.

Researchers at Forcepoint Security Labs have been monitoring the activities of a threat group that has targeted the websites of ministries, embassies and other organizations from around the world in a reconnaissance campaign.

I want to live in a world where security can be made simple. It’s that simplicity that’s inherent in business logic, technical designs and elegant process. Unfortunately, that world seems fundamentally incompatible with the world we actually live in. Bummer.

The critical vulnerability disclosed last week by WordPress developers has already been exploited to hack thousands of websites, security firm Sucuri warned on Monday.

Dozens of popular iOS applications are affected by vulnerabilities that allow man-in-the-middle (MitM) attackers to silently intercept data from connections that should be protected by TLS, a study has found.

New Streaming Prevention Technology Collects, Correlates and Analyzes Endpoint Events in Real-time to Detect and Stop Attacks In Progress

The use of droppers to infect devices with ransomware has spread to Android, Symantec security researchers warn.

Kelihos, the malware behind one of the longest standing botnets out there, was recently observed spreading via infected thumb drives, researchers have discovered.

Public understanding and concern about cybersecurity has historically been pretty low, the domain of experts and large organizations on the lookout for sophisticated, targeted attacks. Ransomware is changing that, creating a rising tide of successful attacks that are forcing a re-examination of protection in organizations of all sizes.

British multinational hotel company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) confirmed on Friday that systems processing payments for some of its properties in the Americas region have been breached by cybercriminals.

Locky ransomware was recently observed being distributed using the same delivery infrastructure previously used to spread the Sage ransomware, PhishMe security researchers warn.

ENISA Publishes "Communication Network Dependencies for ICS-SCADA Systems" Report for Critical Infrastructure Protection

Thousands of Tor-based websites became inaccessible last week after hackers breached the systems of Freedom Hosting II, a service provider that is believed to host roughly 20 percent of the sites on the dark web.

The darknet marketplace Hansa announced last week the launch of a bug bounty program with rewards of up to 10 bitcoins, currently worth more than $10,000.