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Researchers warn users of several plugins to update as vulnerabilities are being actively exploited to redirect website visitor traffic.

From a backdoor placed in the Webmin utility to vulnerability disclosure drama around zero-days in Valve’s Steam gaming clients, Threatpost breaks down this week’s top stories.

Google introduced a new initiative that it hopes will fight shady online advertising practices such as digital fingerprinting.

Willie Sutton and mobile attackers have much in common — but defenses have evolved since the famous bank robber had his heyday.

Security researchers worry that this weekend’s coordinated attacks on more than 20 Texas governments mark a change in how ransomware attacks will be launched in the future.

Six bugs found in Cisco’s Unified Computing System gear and its 220 Series Smart switches can allow unauthenticated remote hackers to take over equipment.

With cloud misconfigurations rampant in cloud storage and IaaS environments, adding security layers to identify them is crucial for securing sensitive data.

Apple accidentally re-introduced a vulnerability in its latest operating system, iOS 12.4, that had been previously fixed in iOS 12.3.

Eight vulnerabilities would allow a range of attacker activities, including taking the Nest camera offline, sniffing out network information and device hijacking.

Researchers say that the targeted ransomware cyberattack on 23 Texas local and state entities represents a shift from “attacks of opportunity” to more targeted, malicious attacks.