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EU court: Site operators can log visitors’ IP address for protection against attacks

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the German government can collect and keep IP addresses of visitors to websites operated by German Federal …

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Researchers bypass ASLR by exploiting flaw in Intel chip

Researchers have found a design flaw in the branch predictor, a component of Intel’s Haswell processor, and have exploited it to bypass ASLR (Address Space Layout …

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Unregulated use of facial recognition tech threatens people’s privacy, civil rights

Facial recognition tech is a boon to law enforcement, but without strict regulation and safeguards, it poses considerable risks to the privacy, civil liberties, and civil …

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GPG Sync: Internal GPG keys syncing tool for orgs

First Look Code has released GPG Sync, an open source tool for keeping a list of GPG keys used by members of an organization always updated, and always available to all of …

VeraCrypt
VeraCrypt security audit reveals many flaws, some already patched

VeraCrypt, the free, open source disk encryption software based on TrueCrypt, has been audited by experts from cybersecurity company Quarkslab. The researchers found 8 …

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Ghost Push Trojan still a major threat to most Android users

The Ghost Push Trojan (also known as Shedun) is still a considerable threat to Android users around the world. The malware is focused on displaying ads, promoting webpages and …

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Net Cease: Microsoft researchers unveil anti-reconnaissance tool

Microsoft researchers Itai Grady and Tal Be’ery have released Net Cease, a PowerShell script that prevents attackers who have already compromised an endpoint from …

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Android banking Trojan asks victims to send selfies with ID cards

The Acecard Android Trojan is a threat that has been around for quite some time. Its main goal is to collect login credentials used by the victims to access their online …

Sierra Wireless
Mirai malware is infecting Sierra Wireless cellular network equipment

AirLink cellular gateway devices by Sierra Wireless are being infected by the infamous Mirai malware. Sierra Airlink models LS300, GX400, GX/ES440, GX/ES450, and RV50 are …

Review: Threat Forecasting
Review: Threat Forecasting

About the authors John Pirc is Director of Security Solutions for Forsythe Technology and an advisor to HP’s CISO on Cyber Security. David DeSanto is the Director, Products …

1Password Windows
Released: 1Password Teams for Windows

AgileBits, the company behind popular password manager 1Password, has finally released 1Password Teams for Windows (6.0). 1Password Teams works just like the individual …

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Clinton campaign chief’s Twitter, iCloud accounts hijacked

Some 12 hours after WikiLeaks published emails stolen from the email account of Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta, someone has hijacked the man’s Twitter …

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