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Check out the Windows 10 security features

Today is the day that Windows 10 becomes available to users around the world.The new (and some old-but-new again) features are already known to the public: the Start button is …

Breaches might be inevitable, but penalties are not harsh enough

A panel on the topic of data breaches organized by cyber security and penetration testing company Cognosec has revealed that most industry professionals believe that breaches …

Users force LinkedIn to bring back connections download tool used by scrapers

LinkedIn users have rejected a new data export process set up by the company, which would allow them to export their connections’ information with a delay of 24 or, …

Apple patches serious remotely exploitable iTunes and App Store flaw

Security researcher Benjamin Kunz Mejri from Vulnerability Lab has discovered a serious vulnerability in Apple’s App Store and iTunes web apps, which can lead to …

Chrome extension thwarts user profiling based on typing behavior

The problems with passwords have already been well documented, and the main problem with static biometrics (“something you are”: fingerprints, retina patterns, …

One in 600 websites exposes sensitive info via easily accessible .git folder

Git is the most popular tool for software version control out there. Created by Linus Torvalds to facilitate Linux kernel development, Git is a boon for software developers as …

Dmail: A Chrome extension for sending self-destructing emails

Social bookmarking web service Delicious has released a free beta version of Dmail, an extension for the Chrome browser which allows senders to delete an email they sent and …

Finally! A free, open source, on-premise virus scanner framework

After having spoken about it for quite a while, security researcher Robert Simmons has finally begun publishing the code and documentation of his open source AV scanner …

Over 5,000 mobile apps found performing in-app ad fraud

Of the $20 billion projected to be spent by advertisers on mobile advertising in 2015, $1 billion will effectively be lost due to in-app ad fraud, warns ad fraud detection and …

Deplorable Steam security flaw exploited to hijack prominent accounts

A huge gaping hole that allowed attackers to hijack Steam accounts has been discovered, exploited last week, and finally closed by Valve Corp. this weekend.The attackers …

OpenSSH bug enables attackers to brute-force their way into poorly configured servers

A vulnerability in the popular secure remote access software OpenSSH can be exploited by attackers to try to brute-force their way into the connection and access …

Bug in OS X Yosemite allows attackers to gain root access

Security researcher Stefan Esser has revealed the existence of a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), and has provided a working proof of …

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