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Crypto-Mining Botnet Has Been Hijacking MSSQL Servers for Almost Two Years
A malware botnet has been launching brute-force attacks against Microsoft SQL databases for nearly two years.
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COVID-19 Malware Will Wipe Your PC, Rewrite MBR
ZDNet has identified five COVID-19-themed malware strains that can wipe an infected PC's files or rewrite its master boot record (MBR).
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Hacking Victims Are Uncovering Cyberattacks Faster; GDPR Is the Reason Why
GDPR has been linked to quicker cyberattack discovery times in the European Union.
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The Top 10 Software Flaws Used by Crooks
Researchers at cybersecurity firm Recorded Future report that eight of the top 10 software flaws most commonly exploited last year were associated with Microsoft...
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Microsoft Discloses Security Breach of Customer Support Database
Five servers storing customer support analytics were accidentally exposed online in December 2019.
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Hundreds of Millions of Cable Modems Vulnerable to Cable Haunt Vulnerability
Danish researchers reported a security vulnerability affecting cable modems that use Broadcom chips, which is believed to impact about 200 million cable modems...
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Chinese Hacker Group Caught Bypassing 2FA
Dutch cybersecurity firm Fox-IT said in a report that a hacker group associated with the Chinese government has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in...
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Apple Opens Public Bug Bounty Program, Publishes Rules
Apple has formally opened its bug bounty program to all researchers and outlined the program's rules on its website. The maximum available bounty is $1.5 million...
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Most Brazilians Believe Companies Don't Protect Their Personal Data
Among the findings of a Harris Poll survey of 11,000 consumers in 11 countries was that nearly all Brazilians feel companies are not adequately protecting their...
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Mozilla Doubles Payouts as It Tries to Attract Software Vulnerability Hunters
Mozilla has increased payouts for its bug bounty program while adding new websites and services to the list in order to draw more interest from bug hunters.
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Python Programming Language, AWS Skills Demand Exploding
Analysis of Indeed.com job search engine listings over the last five years found explosive growth in demand for skills in Python.
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Australia Releases Draft IoT Cybersecurity Code of Practice
The Australian government has issued a draft code of practice for Internet of Things cybersecurity, with a public consultation to run until March 1, 2020.
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World's Fastest Supercomputers Hit Higher Speeds with Linux
The latest Top500 supercomputer ratings found the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit system topping the list with a High-Performance Linpack benchmark of 148...
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U.S. Companies Facing Huge Tech Talent Deficit in 2020
Talent acquisition platform iCIMS found a substantial shortage of professionals with technology skills, despite an upsurge of hiring across the U.S. technology...
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GitHub Tops 40 Million Developers as Python, Data Science, Machine Learning Popularity Surges
Microsoft-owned GitHub's annual Octoverse report said its software developer community now exceeds 40 million developers.
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Python Programming Language Creator Retires, Saying: 'It's Been an Amazing Ride'
The creator of the world's most popular programming language goes into retirement.
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CPDoS Attack Can Poison CDNs to Deliver Error Pages Instead of Legitimate Sites
Researchers in Germany discovered a new type of Web attack that can compromise content delivery networks into caching and then serving error pages instead of legitimate...
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Canberra Gives AU$32m for Autonomous Decision-Making Research
The Australian government is allocating AU$31.8 million (about US$21.5 million) to the Australian Research Council to study responsible, ethical, and inclusive...
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Cybersecurity Giants to Combat Cyberthreats Under OASIS Umbrella
IBM, McAfee, and 16 more firms have launched an effort to address fragmentation and interoperability problems in cybersecurity.
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