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VirusTotal sets up huge AV whitelist to minimize false positives

One of the worst things that can happen to a software developer, and especially if they are a small firm or a single individual, is for their program to be falsely detected as …

Attackers can bypass Windows’ protections by changing a single bit

Among the many vulnerabilities that Microsoft patched on Tuesday is one that can be exploited to bypass all Windows security measures by, curiously enough, modifying a single …

Improved Simplocker variant hits Android users hard

Mobile crypto-ransomware Simplocker has evolved, and returning the encrypted files to their unencrypted state is no longer easy as it was. First spotted in June 2014, …

Active spam campaign leads to sophisticated PayPal phishing sites

PayPal-themed phishing campaigns are nothing new, but they are more and more legitimate-looking as time goes by. Researchers with OpenDNS Labs have spotted one such campaign …

Facebook unveils platform for exchanging security threat information

Facebook and sever other big Internet and tech companies have banded together to create ThreatExchange, a platform for exchanging security threat information. …

Google Play flaw opens Android devices to silent malware installation

Android users are in danger of getting malicious apps silently installed on their devices by attackers, warns Rapid7’s Tod Beardsley, technical lead for the Metasploit …

Jeb Bush dumps emails full of private data online

Jeb Bush, who might end up being a candidate in the next 2016 US presidential election, has made a clumsy misstep in his attempt to provide “transparency” into his …

Tens of thousands MongoDB databases easily accessible from the Internet

A group of students from Saarland University’s Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability (CISPA) have discovered tens of thousands MongoDB databases accessible …

Forbes.com compromised by Chinese cyber spies targeting US firms

Forbes.com – the 61st most popular website in the US according to Alexa – has been compromised to redirect certain visitors to websites delivering espionage …

Microsoft fixes critical remotely exploitable Windows root-level design bug

In this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released nine security bulletins to address 56 unique vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet …

DARPA’s Memex project aids fight against human trafficking

“The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for innovative research to maintain technological superiority in the area of content …

Car hacking and hijacking is too easy, report says

A report released on Monday by US Senator Edward Markey has confirmed what we already suspected: automobile manufacturers have yet to effectively deal with the threat of …

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