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100+ online shops compromised with payment data-stealing code

Since March 2016 (and possibly even earlier), someone has been compromising a variety of online shops and injecting them with malicious JavaScript code that exfiltrates …

OverSight
OverSight detects when Mac malware uses built-in camera, mic

Users who want to be warned each time their Mac’s camera and microphone are switched on – either by a legitimate process or, more importantly, by malware – …

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Security fatigue is real – we need usable security

A preliminary study involving 40 computer users of different ages, occupations, and living in different settings has shown what most of use already know to be true: security …

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Database containing info of 1.5 million online daters found leaking

Sensitive personal information of some 1.5 million users of several dating/cheating websites and apps has been found to be accessible via the Internet. This information …

Yahoo! HQ
Yahoo scanned incoming emails on behalf of US intelligence

In 2015, Yahoo created custom software for covertly scanning their customers’ incoming emails, and deployed it on behalf of a US intelligence agency, Reuters reported on …

Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger end-to-end encryption rolled out for all users

Facebook Messenger’s Secret Conversations feature, which allows end-to-end encryption of messages exchanged by two users that have enabled the option, has finally been …

Samsung Knox
Samsung Knox flaws open unpatched devices to compromise

Researchers from Viral Security Group have discovered three vulnerabilities in Samsung Knox, a security platform that allows users to maintain separate identities for work and …

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EU wants to curb export of cyber-surveillance tech

The European Commission has proposed a new amendment to the regulation that forms the basis of EU’s export control regime of dual-use technology, i.e. technology that …

Windows Hello
Unlocking Windows 10 PCs with smartphones, wearables, smart cards

With Windows 10, Microsoft is slowly moving towards removing passwords as the main authentication method for users to log in to their (locked) computers. Windows Hello, the …

Android malware
DressCode Android malware found in 3,000 apps

When Check Point researchers unearthed more than 40 apps on Google Play (and 400 on third party app stores) infected with the so-called DressCode malware in late October, it …

IoT
Leaked: Source code for Mirai IoT DDoS botnet

IoT-powered DDoS attacks are on the rise, and the situation is poised to become even worse now that the source code for the Mirai malware has been made public. Reporter Brian …

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DefecTor: DNS-enhanced correlation attacks against Tor users

A group of researchers from Princeton University, Karlstad University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have devised two new correlation attacks that can be leveraged to …

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