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IE 9 hacked at Pwn2Own, Google patches Chrome bugs
09.03.2012
After the success they had with attacking Google's Chrome browser, the team of vulnerability researchers from French firm VUPEN has also managed to hack Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 on a fully patched Windows 7 SP1 machine.
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Chrome already pwned twice at CanSecWest
08.03.2012
The annual CanSecWest conference opened on Wednesday in Vancouver, and before the first session even started, Google's Chrome was exploited successfully not once, but twice.
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New "HTTPS Everywhere" for Firefox and a beta for Chrome
29.02.2012
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched the 2.0 version of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox browser today, including an important new update that warns users about web security holes.
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Chrome to stop using online checks to spot revoked certificates
08.02.2012
Future versions of Google's Chrome browser will no longer use online revocation checks to verify whether the HTTPS site the user wants to visit possesses a valid certificate, shared Google researcher Adam Langley in a blog post.
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Searching for Google Chrome can lead to malicious content
25.01.2012
Searching for a link to download Google Chrome might result in a malware infection, warns a Websense researcher.
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The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
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Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Hacking charge stations for electric cars
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.
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