Microsoft extended the end of life deadline on EMET to July 2018, but experts say its usefulness as a mitigation toolkit has been limited for some time.

Tesco Bank Stops Online Transactions After Money Missing from 20K Accounts
Tesco Bank, a U.K. retail bank, today put a halt to online transactions from current accounts after some customers reported over the weekend money missing from their accounts.

Risk of Election Day Cyberattacks Low According To Experts
Security experts monitoring cyber-chatter for virtual and real-world threats against U.S. Election Day targets don’t believe there will be cyberattack or al-Qaeda terror attack this Tuesday.

Adobe Patches Nine Code Execution Flaws in Flash Player
Adobe again released a security update for Flash Player, patching nine remote code execution vulnerabilities. Adobe Connect for Windows was also updated.

Google Releases Supplemental Patch for Dirty Cow Vulnerability
Google’s November Android Security Bulletin patched 15 critical vulnerabilities, but only a supplemental patch for the Dirty Cow Linux vulnerability.

Microsoft Patches Zero Day Disclosed by Google
Microsoft released 14 security bulletins today, six rated critical. Among the fixes is a patch for a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability disclosed by Google that was being used in attacks by the Sofacy APT gang.

TrickBot Banking Trojan Adds New Browser Manipulation Tools
The banking Trojan TrickBot is evolving fast, according to researchers, and within weeks will expand its victim list and attack scope.

Teen pleads guilty to creating DDoS tool used in 1.7 million attacks
Adam Mudd created the tool when he was only 15 and went on to make $385,000 from its sale and a DDoS-for-hire service.

WeMo smart home devices can be used to spy on Android phones
Researchers found vulnerabilities, now fixed, that could have turned your crockpot into a launching pad for malicious JavaScript.

Glasses make facial recognition think you’re a celebrity
These biometric-baffling babies cost mere pennies. Just in time: Facebook’s said that users can’t stop it from using our biometrics.