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FBI Okays Paying in a Ransomware Attack

The FBI does not advocate paying a ransom because there's no guarantee the organization will get the data back, but acknowledged in an updated guidance that sometimes, for some organizations, paying the ransom makes a lot of sense.

Ransomware

Urgent/11 Flaws Now Affect Broader Range of Medical, Network Devices

The Urgent/11 vulnerabilities in the IPnet stack affect a much broader range of devices than originally thought.

Iot Security

Geost Android Botnet Discovered by Basic Mistakes

Even the most sophisticated botnet can be discovered if the group doesn't take steps to hide its activities.

Botnet

Nevada Joins the Ranks of States With Consumer Privacy Laws

Nevada joins the list of states with legislation on the books giving residents more control over how their personal information is used.

Legislation, Government, Data Privacy

Serious New Bug Emerges in Exim

A newly discovered buffer overflow in the Exim mail server can be used to cause a denial-of-service and possibly remote code execution.

Vulnerability