The nonprofit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt recently unveiled a new service that would allow anyone to get free “wildcard” certificates to enable secure HTTP connections for entire domains.

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Windows operating systems are affected by the patch released to fix the Meltdown software bug.

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Drupal, an open source platform, released a patch for a “highly critical” remote code execution vulnerability in its 7.x and 8.x systems.

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Hackers held Atlanta’s computer systems hostage for a week, hamstringing the ability of employees to get work done.

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A new threat is exposing more than 400,000 servers to malicious activity.

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A recently discovered vulnerability in Cortana, the Windows 10 voice assistant, allows hackers to open malicious websites on a PC, even when it’s locked.

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Research from Purdue University and the University of Iowa reveals 10 new types of attacks that can be used against carrier networks.

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