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EU MEPs want stronger privacy rules for Internet-enabled communication services

With 31 votes for, 24 against and one abstention, the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has backed new privacy protections for …

Google
Google wants bug hunters to probe popular Android apps for bugs

Google has started another bug bounty initiative: the Google Play Security Reward Program. While the name of the program might suggest that bug hunters will be after …

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Cisco plugs WPA2 holes, critical Cloud Services Platform flaw

Cisco has released updates to address vulnerabilities in a wide variety of its products. Among these are updates fixing the WPA2 vulnerabilities that can be exploited in the …

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Millions download botnet-building malware from Google Play

Researchers have discovered a new batch of malicious apps on Google Play, some of which have been downloaded and installed on some 2.6 million devices. The apps’ …

Google security
Google offers Advanced Protection for high-risk users of its services

High-risk Google users – journalists, human rights and civil society activists, but also campaign staffers and people in abusive relationships – can now take …

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Europol wants ISPs to aid law enforcement by dropping CGN technologies

Europol is urging ISPs to stop using Carrier Grade Network Address Translation technologies, because they make identifying and tracking criminals a lot harder. What is Carrier …

Oracle
Oracle fixes 252 vulnerabilities in October 2017 Critical Patch Update

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2017, addressing 252 vulnerabilities across the wide multitude of its products. Compared to the July 2017 CPU, …

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Vulnerability in code library allows attackers to work out private RSA keys

Researchers have discovered a security vulnerability in the Infineon-developed RSA library, which could be exploited by attackers to discover the RSA private key corresponding …

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ESET helps Google protect Chrome users from unwanted software

Google has redesigned Chrome Cleanup on Chrome for Windows, and has upgraded the technology it uses to detect and remove unwanted software. A basic antivirus for Chrome …

Adobe Flash
Adobe releases emergency fix for Flash Player zero-day exploited in the wild

Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for Adobe Flash Player that patches a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability actively exploited in the wild. Kaspersky …

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WPA2 weakness allows attackers to extract sensitive info from Wi-Fi traffic

WPA2, a protocol that secures modern protected Wi-Fi networks, sports serious weaknesses that can allow attackers to read and capture information that users believe to be …

Android
Android DoubleLocker ransomware encrypts data, changes device PIN

A new piece of ransomware is targeting Android users. Dubbed DoubleLocker, it both encrypts users’ files and changes the device’s PIN. About DoubleLocker Lukáš …

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