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Mozilla is experimenting with improved Private Browsing

Mozilla Foundation is again aiming to boost the privacy of Firefox users, and is beginning to test a new, improved kind of Private Browsing.“All major browsers offer …

Does your mobile carrier track you online?

At least nine mobile carriers around the world are using “supercookies” to track users’ web browsing, a study by human rights organization Access has …

Researcher releases exploit for OS X 0-day that gives root access

Italian security researcher Luca Todesco has published PoC exploit code for a newly discovered zero-day privilege escalation flaw affecting OS X Yosemite (v10.10) and …

How to sabotage DDoS-for-hire services?

We all know the damage that DDoS-for-hire services can inflict on websites and organizations behind them.What is less known is that a simple move like making PayPal seize the …

Sound-Proof: Two-factor authentication without user interaction

Reaping all the benefits of two-factor authentication without suffering the inconvenience that is usually attached to the option is something that many users dream about …

BitTorrent clients can be made to participate in high-volume DoS attacks

A group of researchers have discovered a new type of DoS attack that can be pulled off by a single attacker exploiting weaknesses in the BitTorrent protocol family.The …

Google plugs Google Admin app sandbox bypass 0-day

After having had some trouble with fixing a sandbox bypass vulnerability in the Google Admin Android app, the Google Security team has finally released on Friday an update …

Researcher hacks house arrest tracking system

Tracking ankle bracelets that some criminals are forced to wear after being senteced to home detention can be hacked, allowing them to exit the house and go wherever they want …

Google’s Android Stagefright patch is flawed

The security update released by Google last week does not provide a complete defense against attackers taking advantage of the recently unearthed Stagefright Android …

Apple fixes a bucketload of vulnerabilities in everything

Apple has pushed out updates for OS X Yosemite, OS X Server, iOS and Safari, fixing a bucketload of critical and less critical vulnerabilities.While the OS X Server update …

Cisco spots attackers hijacking its networking gear by modifying firmware

Cisco has issued an official warning about in-the-wild attacks that resulted in attackers gaining and potentially keeping administrative access to a Cisco IOS device …

Researchers get $100k for detecting emerging class of C++ bugs

Facebook has awarded $100,000 to a team of researchers from Georgia Tech for their discovery of a new method for identifying “bad-casting” vulnerabilities that …

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