Hackers claim to have launched DDoS attack that crashed Pokémon Go servers

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Network World Security Alert

Jul 19, 2016
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Cisco patches serious flaws in router and conferencing server software

Cisco Systems released patches this week for several vulnerabilities in its IOS software for networking devices and the Cisco and WebEx conferencing servers. Read More

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Hackers claim to have launched DDoS attack that crashed Pokémon Go servers
Use Tor? Riffle promises to protect your privacy even better
Tech leaders challenged daily to sort through a crush of new security apps
Attackers could steal millions through online phone verification systems

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Hackers claim to have launched DDoS attack that crashed Pokémon Go servers

Hacker Group PoodleCorp claimed responsibility for taking down Pokémon Go servers, although Niantic did not verify the attack. Read More

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Use Tor? Riffle promises to protect your privacy even better

Privacy-minded people have long relied on Tor for anonymity online, but a new system from MIT promises better protection and faster performance. Read More

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Tech leaders challenged daily to sort through a crush of new security apps

An escalating race between good-guy developers building new security tools and bad-guy hackers launching new threats means IT has a whole pile of security apps to sift through. Here’s advice for evaluating the options. Read More

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Attackers could steal millions through online phone verification systems

A researcher finds he could earn millions of dollars by abusing the online phone verification systems used by Google, Microsoft, and Instagram Read More

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API Security Checklist

Check out this security checklist to learn 11 ways to guard your enterprise entry points. Read More

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