Image: Lee Paz on Unsplash Sony launched today a bug bounty program for the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation 4 …
Microsoft releases first public preview of its Defender antivirus on Android
Image: Microsoft Starting today, customers of Microsoft’s commercial antivirus product — Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) — can install a …
New privacy and security features announced at Apple’s WWDC 2020
Today, at the 2020 edition of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced new privacy and security features for iOS …
AMD says it will fix new CPU bugs by the end of June 2020
Image via tweasel on Pixabay AMD said it plans to release firmware updates to fix a trifecta of bugs that …
Adobe wants users to uninstall Flash Player by the end of the year
Image: Adobe Adobe plans to prompt users and ask them to uninstall Flash Player from their computers by the end …
Academics studied DDoS takedowns and said they’re ineffective, recommend patching vulnerable servers
A team of Dutch and German academics has studied the aftermath of a major crackdown against DDoS providers and concluded …
Russia unbans Telegram
The Russian government has lifted its largely ineffective two-year-old ban on the Telegram instant messaging service. In a message posted …
AWS said it mitigated a 2.3 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever
Image: Amazon Amazon said its AWS Shield service mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, stopping a 2.3 Tbps attack …
Avon recovering after mysterious cyber-security incident
Image: kinkate, Avon Cosmetics giant Avon is recovering from a mysterious cyber-security incident that took place last week, on June …
South African bank to replace 12m cards after employees stole master key
Postbank, the banking division of South Africa’s Post Office, has lost more than $3.2 million from fraudulent transactions and will …