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There’s a new vulnerability with a scary name in town and it’s causing some in IT to question the security of their virtual machines (VMs). This new bug, which has been dubbed “Venom” (short for “Virtualized Environment Neglected Operations Manipulation”), could allow attackers to roam freely among all of the VMs running on a server. […]

It may not have an ominous-sounding name like Heartbleed or Shellshock, but the just-discovered Poodle vulnerability is still something that could cause problems for IT teams and end users alike. The vulnerability, which was discovered by Google researchers Bodo Möller, Thai Duong and Krzysztof Kotowicz, affects SSL 3.0 encryption software. Poodle (short for “Padding Oracle On […]

Once word gets out about a potentially massive – and lucrative – vulnerability, you can bet it won’t be long before the sharks start circling. Yahoo got firsthand evidence of this fact during a recent run-in with a band of Romanian hackers. Several of the search and content giant’s servers were discovered by a security […]

Is it time for Heartbleed to step aside? There’s a new bug in town and it’s monopolized the tech world’s focus as of late. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Shellshock has been making headlines, some of which have touted it as being bigger and badder than the Heartbleed flaw that came […]

It’s every IT decision-maker’s worst nightmare: Thinking a system is sealed up tight, only to have a hacker find a backdoor no one even knew existed. For one healthcare provider, that bad dream became a reality. Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) has admitted it was the victim of a devastating security breach which took place […]