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In addition to traditional phishing, fraudulent cryptocurrency offers pose a rising trend.

Bugcrowd's CTO and founder Casey Ellis talked to Threatpost about the recently launched HP printer bug bounty program.

Microsoft rolled out 60 patches for its Patch Tuesday release, impacting 19 critical flaws and 39 important flaws.

In a probable quest to build a botnet, someone is hacking Instagram accounts, deleting handles, avatars and personal details, and linking them to a new email address.

'Foreshadow" and other vulnerabilities in Intel processors can be exploited to steal sensitive information stored inside personal computers or personal clouds.

This is similar to taking a room key for a building and turning it into a skeleton key that works on every door in the building.

A recent report found that Google services - with functions like checking maps, the weather, and search - are tracking users even when they deny permission.

The attack targets IKE’s handshake implementation used for IPsec-based VPN connections, opening the door for MiTM attacks or for bad actors to access data carried in VPN sessions.

Adobe's August Patch Tuesday release impacts Flash Player, and Acrobat DC and Reader.

Armis' CTO discusses the top IoT security issues in the marketplace today - and whether device manufacturers will start to prioritize security.

Respondents in a survey from Venafi said they believe voting machines, encrypted communications from polling stations and databases that store voter registration data are all vulnerable.

The Threatpost team debriefs on the top news and topics from last week's Black Hat and DEF CON conferences.

Samples of the malware have been found in an array of countries, including Brazil and Vietnam.

A "wave of litigation over IoT liability is on the horizon," according to an attorney who has represented plaintiffs in the 2015 Jeep hack.

Configuration data for GoDaddy servers could be used as a reconnaissance tool for malicious actors to uncover ripe targets.

Sloppy Android developers not following security guidelines for external storage opens the door to device takeover and more.

Mike Murray, vice president of security intelligence at Lookout, discusses how mobile is redefining phishing, taking it out of the traditional inbox and into SMS and Facebook messages.

The Vote Hacking Village invited attendees – including kids as young as six – to hack the voting infrastructure, including ballot machines, a voter database and more.

A malicious fax sent to an HP Inc. OfficeJet all-in-one inkjet printer can give hackers control of the printer and act as a springboard into an attached network environment.

Apple 0-Day allows hackers to mimic mouse-clicks for kernel access, despite mitigations.