Hide it well or market it well: Two reports show how point-of-sale malware has users in mind

Both bugs are known as elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, and could allow outsiders to manipulate Windows machines into authorizing an action that should not be allowed.

Typical messages examined during the timeframe in question included posts criticizing credible media outlets, accusations that immigrants were killing house pets, and graphic images of violent protests.

Court documents suggest Nikulin's defense strategy has been dealt a blow.

Box allows users to easily share files that are vulnerable to brute-force attacks, cybersecurity company Adversis said.

When Facebook users installed malicious software extensions that masqueraded as online quizzes, they were unwittingly injecting advertisements into their news feeds and exposing their friend lists, according to the lawsuit.

Confusion and exasperation with the state of basic consumer hygiene may be doing more damage than a breach ever could.

Citrix, a widely used log-in service in the corporate world, revealed Friday that the FBI is investigating a breach to its internal network by “international cyber criminals.”

Both vulnerabilities could allow hackers to escape the “sandboxes” that software programs use as safeguards against malicious activity.

The social media giant says it shut down dozens of accounts, pages and groups intended to "engage in hate speech and spread divisive comments on both sides of the political debate" in the United Kingdom and in Romania.

The approach is an attempt to solve a problem that keeps changing.