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Unsecured security cameras lead to privacy erosion

The results of a recent analysis of some 6,000 open security cameras across the United States has shown that 15 percent of them are located in users’ private homes. Open …

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Blackphone users get a virtual privacy assistant

Silent Circle has pushed out a new version of Silent OS, the operating system running on Blackphone 2 devices, and it comes with several privacy and security enhancements, …

LogMeIn
Poorly crafted LogMeIn password reset email looks phishy, but isn’t

LogMeIn has been sending out password reset emails to some of its customers, to prevent account hijacking fuelled by the recent spate of massive login credential leaks. …

bomb
Botnet-powered account takeover campaign hit unnamed bank

A single attacker has mounted two massive account takeover (ATO) campaigns against a financial institution and an entertainment company earlier this year, and used a gigantic …

Apple
There’s no virus in the iTunes database – it’s a phish!

A new phishing campaign aimed at Apple users has been spotted by security researcher Bryan Campbell. It takes the form of a fake email supposedly sent by Apple Service, …

anonymous
Tor Project tests new tool for foiling deanonymization attacks

Upcoming hardened releases of the Tor Browser will use a new technique aimed at preventing deanonymization efforts by anyone who might want to mount them. Created by a group …

Windows 10
Bloatware-be-gone refresh tool added to Windows 10

In the latest test build of Windows 10 Anniversary Update released last week, Microsoft has introduced a tool that allows users to get rid of bloatware and crapware with one …

GoToMyPC
GoToMyPC remote desktop service resets all passwords in wake of attack

GoToMyPC, a remote computer administration service offered by Citrix, has forced a password reset for all customers in the wake of what they call a “very sophisticated …

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The DAO is under attack, a third of its ether reserves stolen

The DAO, a digital Decentralised Autonomous Organisation that has been set up to support projects related to Ethereum, a public blockchain platform that allows programmable …

GitHub
GitHub accounts compromised in wake of reused password attack

Three days ago, an unknown attacker has been spotted trying to break into a large number of GitHub accounts and has managed to access some of them, Shawn Davenport, Vice …

Adobe Flash
Fix for actively exploited Flash Player 0day is out, patch ASAP!

Adobe has issued a patch for the Plash Player zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2016-4171) that is actively exploited by the ScarCruft APT group. The bug, discovered by Anton Ivanov …

Facebook
How attackers can hijack your Facebook account

Positive Technologies researchers have demonstrated that knowing a user’s phone number and how to exploit a vulnerability in the SS7 network is enough to hijack that …

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