Recent Hacks

Researchers say that a years-old security leak is putting a number of production model PCs at risk of persistent remote takeover.

Security pros say the bugs are input validation flaws that can lead to remote code execution.

CyberScoop reports that House lawmakers have been urged by IT, banking, and oil and natural gas industry representatives to streamline cybersecurity regulations amid the presence of duplicative, inconsistent, and conflicting rules.

Investigation into the incident, which may have been caused by a successful phishing attack, is still underway, reported officials, who noted that the recovery of impacted law enforcement systems is being prioritized.