If you’re relying on Microsoft’s AppLocker to lock down your office or school Windows PCs, then you should check this out. A security researcher says he’s found a way to potentially bypass the operating system’s software whitelist and launch arbitrary scripts.
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A virus infected computer systems at Newark Police Department in New Jersey last week, taking four days to clean up.
The police department said there was no evidence of any sort of data breach and that the attack “did not disrupt the delivery of emergency services to our citizens”.
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Security experts say breaking into a smartphone is easier than you think — and they’ve spied on a US Congressman’s phone calls to prove it.
German computer engineer
Karsten Nohl told “60 Minutes” in America that all a hacker needs is a phone number. Read more
Ransomware made the leap to Apple Macs in 2015
More than 500 million digital identities were stolen or exposed in 2015,
suggests a report from security firm Symantec. Read more
