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Privacy pitfalls of Facebook using your location to suggest friends

If you are a Facebook user and you haven’t guessed by now that it will sometimes suggest “friends” based on the fact that you happened to be at the same …

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25,000-strong CCTV botnet used for crippling DDoS attacks

A DDoS attack against a jewelry shop website has lead researchers to the discovery of a CCTV botnet comprised of some 25,000 cameras from around the globe. The website had …

Android-rooting malware lurking on Google Play

For a while now Android-rooting malware has been creeping in Google’s Play store. The latest instance, discovered by Lookout researchers, masquerades as LevelDropper, an …

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UK banking customers targeted with Retefe Trojan with MitM capabilities

UK users are the latest targets of cyber crooks leveraging the Retefe banking Trojan and a rogue root certificate. The malware is out to steal online banking credentials of …

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14 bugs in Uber’s assets revealed sensitive info about drivers, riders

Researchers from consulting and technological audit outfit Integrity have discovered 14 bugs in a variety of Uber’s websites and mobile apps, most of which could reveal …

DHS
US Customs wants to know travelers’ social media account names

The US Customs and Border Protection agency has submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget, asking for permission to collect travelers social media account …

NASCAR
NASCAR team falls victim to ransomware, pays ransom

Most US businesses would perhaps not pay in the event of a ransomware attack, but Circle-Sport Leavine Family Racing (CSLFR), a professional NASCAR car racing team, is not one …

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FBI doesn’t need a warrant to hack a suspect’s computer, US judge rules

A senior US district judge has decided that the warrant authorizing the search of a suspect’s home computer by the FBI was issued based of probable cause, but even if it …

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Exfiltrating data from air-gapped computers by modulating fan speed

For the last few years, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have been testing up new ways to exfiltrate data from air-gapped computers: via mobile phones, …

Nexus
Your nearest and dearest are snooping on your phone

If you needed one more reason for protecting your phone with a passcode or fingerprint, here it is: there’s a good chance that one or more of the people close to you …

USA flag
154 million US voter records exposed following hack

MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered yet another database containing voter profiles of US citizens, accessible to anyone who stumbled upon it or knew …

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Severe flaws patched in libarchive, dependent projects urged to follow

Three severe bugs that could be easily exploited to perform arbitrary code execution have been patched with version 3.2.1 of the libarchive open source multi-format archive …

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