Facial recognition data is a key to your identity – if stolen, you can’t just change the locks

You can change a stolen password or credit card, but you can’t reset your face when your biometric data is breached.
Manila Standard

Kaspersky discovers vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon chips that can lead to data loss, device compromise

Kaspersky ICS CERT discovered a hardware-level vulnerability affecting Qualcomm chipsets that are widely used in a range of ...

FBI And NSA Warnings Ignored—No Fix For Millions Of Phones

That means the update warnings issued in recent months, as attacks are discovered and patched, have been ignored. Millions of ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Cyberattack targets city of Tallahassee; official says no data compromised

The city of Tallahassee confirmed it was the target of a cyberattack on Friday morning. City staff responded by isolating the threat, though periodic downtimes are possible during maintenance. Leon ...
Bleeping Computer

Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security

The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on compromised systems and bypass endpoint security. QEMU is an open-source CPU emulator ...
IGN

50 Million Facebook Accounts Compromised by Security Vulnerability

Related reads:Are Your DVDs Rotting Away? If you had to log back into your Facebook account and were wondering why, a massive security breach is to blame. On Tuesday, Facebook "discovered a security ...
SDxCentral

CableLabs updates gateway device guidance amid router security scrutiny

CableLabs released updated guidance aimed at strengthening gateway devices just a handful of weeks after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) clamped down on router imports over cybersecurity ...
The Hill

Report: Cellular modules from Chinese companies in smart home devices are national security risk

A new report is warning that Chinese-produced cellular modules, tiny components that are inside smart home devices, present a significant national security risk for the United States. The Foundation ...
Fox Business

FBI offers urgent guidance on securing home routers after disrupting Russian intelligence hacking network

Foreign hackers are looking to exploit vulnerabilities in Americans' internet routers, and the FBI is offering tips for securing your home or office routers after it announced actions it took to crack ...
ZDNet

Microsoft's latest Windows update now confirms if your PC is Secure Boot-protected - how it works

Windows will now tell you if Secure Boot is working properly. The new status indicates whether you have the latest Secure Boot updates. The April Windows update also patches a whopping 164 security ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) - Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to ...
Middle East Institute

American Bases in the Gulf: Targets or Deterrents?

Did the presence of American military bases in the Gulf monarchies draw those states into the American-Israeli war against Iran, a war they had no say in initiating and no voice in prosecuting? That ...