Microsoft gets a lukewarm response with its new Microsoft Security Guides that replaced Security Bulletins.
Vanilla Forums Open Source Software Vulnerable to RCE, Host Header Injection Vulnerability
Vanilla Forums open source software suffers from vulnerabilities that could let an attacker gain access to user accounts, carry out web-cache poisoning attacks, and in some instances, execute arbitrary code.
Trump Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
President Trump signed the cybersecurity executive order that mandates federal agencies implement the NIST Framework for risk management.
Anti Public Combo List Analysis Reveals Password Habits Improving
Researchers take a deep dive analysis on a recently discovered database of more than 500 million username and password pairs.
Minority Report in Chicago as police aim to stop crime before it happens
As gun crime in Chicago reaches record levels, police claim that it’s having an impact on crime prevention, but civil rights campaigners are less convinced
News in brief: Game of Thrones tells cast to use 2FA; Cisco flaw patched; Windows 10 on 500m devices
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One more way to get busted on the Dark Web
Tor users suspected of child abuse imagery may have visited an outside file-sharing service – simply because Tor is so slow at routing traffic
Unhappy 39th birthday, spam, and many unhappy returns
As computing reaches middle age, expect to see more of these kinds of anniversaries
Would you like a side of facial recognition with your pizza?
Oslo pizza joint’s menu includes facial recognition so that it can serve up gender-specific ads – meat to the men, salad to the women
News in brief: laptop ban could be extended; DDoS hits news sites; Taiwan might block Google DNS
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