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Google Confirms 5 New ‘High’ Level Security Flaws In Chrome
Google Chrome has well over two billion users worldwide and it not only dominates the web browser market, its Chromium core runs numerous browser alternatives. All of which makes Chrome the number one target for hackers and now Google has issued its fifth...
What Are WAFs? A Detailed Look at Web Application Firewalls
What Is a Web Application Firewall? Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are software that monitor and filter traffic to a website with the goal of stopping anything harmful. WAFs look at web traffic before it gets to the website’s server, monitoring for potential...
NortonLifeLock to Buy Avast for as Much as $8.6 Billion
NortonLifeLock Inc. is set to buy Avast Plc in a deal valued at as much as $8.6 billion, giving the U.S. cybersecurity company access to one of the biggest customer bases in the industry. Avast stockholders will receive cash and shares that value the...
Microsoft Warns of Critical Vulnerability Called ‘PrintNightmare’
Microsoft is reportedly warning Windows users about an unpatched critical flaw in the Windows Print Spooler service, dubbed “PrintNightmare.” The critical bug allows attackers to execute code with system-level privileges in Windows computers. The...
Hackers Linked to SolarWinds Return With Phishing Attack, Microsoft Says
The Russia-linked hackers behind the cyberattack on SolarWinds SWI 0.45%▲ have returned, launching a phishing attack targeting approximately 3,000 email accounts belonging to workers at more than 150 organizations, Microsoft MSFT 2.26%▲ said late Thursday. The attack...
Meat Buyers Scramble After Cyberattack Hobbles JBS
Meatpacker JBS JBSAY -1.87%▼ SA was hit by a ransomware attack that took a big chunk of U.S. beef-and-pork processing offline, sending buyers scrambling for alternatives and raising pressure on meat supplies. The attack ratcheted up pressure on a food-supply...