• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Democrats unveil bill to probe Russia’s role in alleged election hacks

U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a government probe into whether Russia may have interfered with the presidential election by hacking high-profile political targets.  On Wednesday, two Democratic representatives unveiled legislation that proposes to form a 12-member bipartisan commission to investigate the […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Latest Android security update fixes Dirty COW, GPS vulnerabilities

The monthly Android security update released this week fixes the serious Dirty COW privilege escalation attack that can allow malicious apps to take full control of devices.Dirty COW (copy-on-write) is a privilege escalation vulnerability that has e... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Latest Android security update fixes Dirty COW, GPS vulnerabilities

The monthly Android security update released this week fixes the serious Dirty COW privilege escalation attack that can allow malicious apps to take full control of devices.Dirty COW (copy-on-write) is a privilege escalation vulnerability that has e... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Dec-07-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Malicious online ads expose millions to possible hack

Since October, millions of internet users have been exposed to malicious code served from the pixels in tainted banner ads meant to install Trojans and spyware, according to security firm ESET.The attack campaign, called Stegano, has been spreading from malicious […]

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