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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

EnlargeGetty Images Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some...

Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how.

EnlargeGetty Images Translating human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses has long been fraught with gaping security risks. After all, lookups are...

Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere

EnlargeAurich Lawson / Ars Technica Cybercriminals and spies working for nation-states are surreptitiously coexisting inside the same compromised name-brand routers as they...

Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections

Enlargeda-kuk/Getty Kremlin-backed actors have stepped up efforts to interfere with the US presidential election by planting disinformation and false narratives on social...

Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts

EnlargeMatejmo | Getty Images Cisco’s Talos security team is warning of a large-scale credential compromise campaign that’s indiscriminately assailing networks with login...

AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.

EnlargeGetty Images AT&T is notifying millions of current or former customers that their account data has been compromised and published last month...

Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack

Enlarge / Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, which is part of Jackson County.Eric Rogers Jackson County, Missouri, has declared a state of emergency...

What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

Enlarge / Malware Detected Warning Screen with abstract binary code 3d digital conceptGetty Images On Friday, researchers revealed the discovery of a...

Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility targets encrypted SSH connections

Enlarge / Internet Backdoor in a string of binary code in a shape of an eye.Getty Images Researchers have found a malicious...

Thousands of servers hacked in ongoing attack targeting Ray AI framework

EnlargeGetty Images Thousands of servers storing AI workloads and network credentials have been hacked in an ongoing attack campaign targeting a reported...

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