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WordPress Issues Emergency Patch for SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Halloween fright, CVE-2017-14723, was discovered and reported to the bug bounty program in September by researcher Anthony Ferrara. Continue reading

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Stolen Code-Signing Certificates Worth $1,200 on Dark Web: Report

Code-signing certificates are selling on the dark web for up to $1,200, making them more expensive than many counterfeit U.S. passports, stolen credit cards and handguns, according to research released Tuesday. Continue reading

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Kaspersky Says Suspected NSA Code Was Lifted From U.S. Computer

Russian cybersecurity giant Kaspersky Lab said it uploaded secret data linked to the National Security Agency from a personal computer in the U.S. Continue reading

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Massive New IoT Botnet Growing Rapidly: Researchers

Whoever is behind the code has been changing it, making it more dangerous, the researchers say, even though it is in an early expansion stage, and its purpose is unknown. Continue reading

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Florida Man Gets 16 Months Over Bitcoin Bank Hacker Scheme

A Florida software engineer was sentenced to 16 months in prison for helping run an illegal Bitcoin exchange suspected of laundering money for a group of hackers. Continue reading

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