Notorious spammer Peter Levashov was arrested over the weekend; Levashov is the alleged botmaster behind the Kelihos botnet.
Microsoft Patches Word Zero-Day Spreading Dridex Malware
A Microsoft Word zero-day vulnerability is being used to spread the Dridex banking Trojan in attacks that have bypassed mitigation efforts.
Adobe Patches 59 Vulnerabilities Across Flash, Reader, Photoshop
Adobe patched 59 vulnerabilities across five different products, including Flash Player, Acrobat/Reader, Photoshop, Adobe Campaign, and its Adobe Creative Cloud App on Tuesday.
Microsoft Patches Three Vulnerabilities Under Attack
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes 45 vulnerabilities, one being an active zero-day bug used to spread the Dridex banking Trojan.
Hard-coded passwords put industrial systems at risk
Schneider Electric held up its hands to the revelation that it was hardcoding passwords into its equipment, but the problem goes beyond one vendor
Payday loan company Wonga breached – what you need to know
Nothing was stolen that was deeply secret on its own, but collected together, the data points could be gold dust for scammers.
BrickerBot malware zeroes in on Linux-based IoT devices
BrickerBot is a reminder that the frequency and complexity of Linux malware is on the rise
Mounties admit to using cellphone-snooping ‘stingrays’
But other spying devices placed at Montreal’s Trudeau airport and near Parliament in Ottawa nothing to do with government, says minister
Shadow Brokers return with a password and message for Trump
Tools offered by the group ‘apparently date back to the 1990s’
News in brief: Dallas sirens ‘hacked’; Livejournal cracks down; Russian man arrested in Spain
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