In a new blog post from Proofpoint, their discovery a new malvertising campaign, which is targeting a popular media streaming site, is discussed.
Key take outs for the post include:
- Lucy Harvey
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Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Following Brian Krebs’ blog that the Home Depot breach is being further exploited by hackers via the new chip-enabled cards rolling out in the US, Luther Martin, chief security architect at Voltage Security, explains how this works and why encrypting all sensitive payment information is still essential with the new service in the US:
- Katie Chodosh
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In response to the news of an emerging round of Shellshock attacks which are tapping hosts over SMTP, Gavin Millard, EMEA Technical Director at Tenable Network Security, has given the following comment:
- Carolina Brealey
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Following reports that hackers have disrupted computer operations at the White House after breaking into its unclassified internal network: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/29/white_house_cyberattack_russia_blamed/ Tim Erlin and Craig Young from Tripwire have commented:
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