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Hacker Earns £365,000 Mining Dogecoin With NAS Boxes
This could be the most profitable illegal crypto-currency mining operation in history
Five Year Old Flaw Fixed In Linux Kernel
A high severity bug in the Linux kernel remained undetected since 2009
AVG Slammed For Not Patching ‘Critical Flaws’
AVG fixes one of four vulnerabilities in remote administration tool, but researchers who uncovered the flaws aren't happy with the security firm
Traffic Systems Vulnerable To Hackers Wanting To Cause Road Chaos
Systems across the UK could be abused by hackers to cause delays or even accidents, claims researcher
Cisco Warns Of POS System Vulnerabilities
Recent attacks prompt Cisco to warn of the vulnerabilities surrounding point-of-sale devices
Microsoft Signs Up To Bug Bounties With £65,000 Reward
Microsoft has finally joined the bug bounty movement and promises to pay for vulnerability discoveries
Surveillance Camera Flaws Let Hackers Snoop Too
D-Link surveillance and consumer cameras riddled with potentially serious vulnerabilities
GCHQ Announces £4.5m Vulnerability Research Unit
New Cyber Research Institute wants to find vulnerabilities automatically
Microsoft Readies Four Critical Fixes For Patch Tuesday
IE10 flaw uncovered by VUPEN during PWN2OWN not addressed in latest update
UPnP Networking Flaws Expose Tens Of Millions Of IPs To Hack Attacks
Flaws in UPnP libraries can be exploited on millions of networks, Rapid7 warns
VUPEN Finds Windows 8 Security Flaws – But Won’t Tell Microsoft
VUPEN will tell its customers, not Microsoft, about Windows 8 and IE10 vulnerabilities
Cyber Security Challenge Seeks Insider Espionage Experts
Challenge looks to find the corporate mole hunters of the future
Google Researchers Warn Of ‘Serious’ Unpatched Adobe Reader Flaws
Adobe's patching on Tuesday failed to cover a number of notable flaws
Huawei Routers Contain Multiple Vulnerabilities, Experts Claim
Security experts claim Huawei routers lack modern security measures and contain multiple vulnerabilities
Adobe Backtracks On Patching ‘PR Disaster’
Adobe has promised it will patch a flaw in Creative Studio CS5. Previously said users had to pay for an upgrade to get security
Malicious Attacks Spike As Flaws Fall In 2011
Vulnerabilities fall but cybercriminals take advantage of simple hacking tools and poor company security practices
IBM X-Force Security Report Balances Good News With Bad
Application vulnerabilities and spam are down, but attackers are finding new opeinings, according to the annual X-Force report
Open Source Code Is As Good As Proprietary, Says Coverity
Open source code scanned by Coverity had slightly fewer flaws per 1000 lines
McAfee To Issue Patch To Prevent Spam Hijacking
McAfee has promised to patch security issues in its hosted anti-malware service, including one that would turn a PC into a spam relay
Applications Riddled With Security Flaws: Veracode
The majority of applications scanned by Veracode's cloud-based testing tool held some kind of security flaw
Common Coding Errors Added To NIST Database
The expanded Samate Reference Dataset from NIST helps developers squeeze new bugs out of their code
Secunia To Handle Vulnerability Reporting Pain
Secunia is offering an alternative to bug bounties, by handling the vulnerability reporting process
Symantec: Mobile Malware Follows The Money
The malware threat in smartphones is only just beginning as criminals seek to find financial benefits
Low-Level Malware, Not APTs, Worry IT Professionals
Security professionals are more concerned about malware and spyware than “advanced persistent threats”
Microsoft Readies 64 Bug Fixes For Patch Tuesday
Microsoft is looking to fix 64 security vulnerabilities in this month's upcoming Patch Tuesday update
NSS Plans Superstore Exchange For Exploits
NSS Labs' Exploit Hub offers penetration testers and other security experts a marketplace for exploits for known vulnerabilities