Switzerland: Five injured in Schaffhausen attack, say police

Five people have been injured, two seriously, in an attack by an unidentified man in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen, police say. Central parts of the town on the German border have been sealed off, as police are searching for

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Severe,vulnerability,in,Cisco’s,WebEx,extension,for,Chrome,leaves,PCs,open,to,easy,attack

Anyone who uses the popular Cisco WebEx extension for Chrome should update to the latest version pronto. Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy recently discovered a serious vulnerability in the Chrome extension that leaves PCs wide open to attack. In older versions

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Android patches fix Drammer RAM attack, but leave the Dirty Cow exploit to roam

Google released a new monthly batch of security patches for Android, fixing a dozen critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to compromise devices. One of the mitigated issues is a bit-flipping attack against memory chips that could lead to privilege

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Major DDoS attack on Dyn DNS knocks Spotify, Twitter, Github, PayPal, and more offline

Update 5: At 6:18 P.M. Eastern Dyn said the DDoS attacks have been resolved. Fingers crossed another wave doesn’t occur, as happened earlier today. You can find Dyn’s incident report here. Update 4: Dyn is being hit by a third wave of

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An IoT botnet is partly behind Friday’s massive DDOS attack

Malware that can build botnets out of IoT devices is at least partly responsible for a massive distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted U.S. internet traffic on Friday, according to network security companies. Since Friday morning, the assault has been disrupting

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Uri Attack: Ajmer institution withdraws student-exchange programme with Pakistan

Due to the ongoing tension between the two countries and opposition of some Hindu outfits after the Uri attack, an educational institute in Ajmer has withdrawn a student-exchange programme involving a delegation from Pakistan. Around 38 students and teachers from

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