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Dyre banking Trojan infections more than doubled

“Cybercriminal interest in online banking continues to grow, and crooks wielding the Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan continue spewing out spam emails delivering a new variant …

How to raise users’ expectations about security and privacy?

Users do not seem to care much about privacy and security. When buying a new smartphone, for example, they rarely ask about security updates and how long the device will be …

USA Freedom Act is just the beginning of the fight for privacy

The US Senate voted for the passing of the USA Freedom Act on Tuesday, and President Obama signed it into law later the same day. So, how will this impact the surveillance …

SourceForge hijacks popular accounts to distribute 3rd-party software

Online source code repository SourceForge has apparently started taking over inactive accounts for popular software, and adding bundle-ware installers to the software …

Weak SSH keys opened many GitHub repositories to compromise

Github repositories of many entities, projects, and even one government could have been compromised and used to deliver malicious code due to the owners’ use of easily …

Bug hunting without much tech knowledge or many tools

Bas Venis has been programming since he was 14 years old. After gaining some experience as a web developer, this 18-year-old self-taught security researcher got into IT …

Employee credentials of half of European top 500 firms exposed online

Cyber attacks and data breaches very often start with phishing or spear-phishing. Access to good credentials is key – whether it’s for straight emailing or direct …

Google releases new hub for managing security and privacy settings

Google has released a new privacy tool for users: the My Account centralized hub for managing Google Settings.“Privacy and security are two sides of the same coin: if …

Future attacks: Hiding exploit code in images

Successfully hiding messages in images has already been done, but is it possible to deliver an exploit in one – and run it? Saumil Shah, founder and CEO of Net-Square, …

Hackers stole personal info of over a million of Japanese pensioners

Personal information of some 1.25 million of Japan’s pensioners has been compromised and some of it was leaked following a successful breach of Japan Pension …

Section 215 of the Patriot Act expired last night

A small, perhaps temporary, but important victory has been won by privacy advocates today, as the US Senate has allowed three sections of the USA PATRIOT Act to expire.Among …

Facebook introduces end-to-end encryption for notifications

Facebook is testing out an experimental new feature that will enable people to add OpenPGP public keys to their profile, and gives users the option of receiving notification …

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