Fans eager to get their hands on the new album from acclaimed electronic music duo Daft Punk, "Random Access Memories," a week early were in luck when Apple's iTunes software recently released an inadvertent leak. The computing giant's music store has helped promote many major albums in the last year by offering full-length, high-quality streams in advance of their release in an effort to combat piracy. However, due to a software security flaw discovered by 9to5Mac, Apple may have instead been enabling illegal downloads
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An international cybercrime operation responsible for a $45 million ATM heist carried out over a matter of hours is being called one of the most sophisticated digital attacks ever uncovered, the New York Times reported. Incorporating stolen payment processing information obtained through a financial transaction system software exploit and an extensive ground operation, the attack involved thousands of ATM withdrawals in more than two dozen countries
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As many as 100 million Android users may be exposed to an application flaw that would allow someone to bypass their phones' lock screens
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A software security vulnerability fixed in Oracle's most recent Java Critical Patch Update, which was released on April 16 and addressed 42 flaws, has already begun to appear in several popular exploit kits, according to researchers. The rapid addition of the flaw to cybercriminals' portfolios underscores the challenge developers face when relying on patches to protect software following its release rather than securing applications ahead of time
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Protecting industrial control systems (ICS) has been a major focus in the software security community recently, as concerns have grown over vulnerabilities in the appliances that run power plants, water treatment facilities and other critical infrastructure
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A widely used brand of wireless IP cameras contains several security weaknesses that could enable attackers to access the devices and potentially alter their firmware
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Several newly disclosed firmware vulnerabilities in the Linksys EA2700 Network Manager router could allow remote attackers to take control of the device, according to security expert Phil Purviance
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In the past, operating a car wash, controlling a city's traffic light grid and running a nuclear particle accelerator might have been jobs for different days, if not entirely different careers. With Shodan, a search engine for connected devices, an enterprising person might be able to run all three in an afternoon from his or her living room
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More than 40 million users are at risk due to a flaw in EA Games' Origin digital distribution platform that could enable attackers to perform remote code executions. The attack, discovered by researchers at security firm ReVuln, gives hackers an entry point to exploiting any local issue or feature of any game available on Origin. Researchers credited the software security flaw to an underlying design problem
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Most 3G and 4G USB modems distributed by wireless companies contain multiple software security issues, according to two Russian researchers
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