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Microsoft has disclosed a potentially catastrophic vulnerability in virtually all versions of Windows. People operating Windows systems, particularly those who run websites, should immediately install a patch Microsoft released Tuesday morning.
The vulnerability resides in the Microsoft secure channel (schannel) security component that implements the secure sockets layer and transport layer security (TLS) protocols, according to a Microsoft advisory. A failure to properly filter specially formed...

New malware targeting Apple products is mostly affecting Chinese users, warned an online security researcher.
US based Palo Alto Networks said “WireLurker” which is infecting Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems appears to have originated in China and is mostly infecting devices there....

A Swedish Security researcher has discovered a critical vulnerability in Apple’s OS X Yosemite that gives hackers the ability to escalate administrative privileges on a compromised machine, and allows them to gain the highest level of access on a machine...

When Edward Snowden came forward in May 2013, accusing the world’s largest intelligence service of spying on US allies, people, and private companies, it became evident that electronic data is quite vulnerable. This major event even caused Russian and...