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Germany cancels Verizon’s government contract due to spying fears

Verizon will no longer provide internet services to a number of German government departments, as their contract has been cancelled as part of a restructuration of the federal …

PayPal 2FA flow partially mitigated, accounts are safe

In the wake of the revelation of a flaw that allows attackers to bypass PayPal’s two-factor authentication feature, the e-payment giant has made it temporarily …

A look at Interflow, Microsoft’s threat information exchange platform

In the last few years, there has been one constant call from almost all participants in the information security community: the call for cooperation. But that is easier said …

Critical Android code-execution flaw affects all but the latest version

IBM researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and below which could allow attackers to exfiltrate sensitive information – …

Cops must get a warrant before looking through cellphone content

The nine judges of the US Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that law enforcement officers can’t search the contents of an arrested individual’s cell phone(s) …

Cryptome down, founder blames ISP

Cryptome, the well-known and long-lived online repository for information about freedom of speech, cryptography, spying, and surveillance, is down due to a potentially …

Atypical cloned banking app pops up on Google Play

An unusual instance of a cloned banking app has been spotted on Google Play by Lookout researchers: the app steals only the users’ ID, and leaves alone the password. The …

Drastic decline in vulnerable NTP servers due to Heartbleed?

In light of the escalation of DDoS attacks used as a means of extorting money from online businesses, the news that there has been a significant decrease in vulnerable Network …

Improperly anonymized taxi logs reveal drivers’ identity, movements

Software developer Vijay Pandurangan has demonstrated that sometimes data anonymizing efforts made by governments and businesses are worryingly inadequate, as he managed to …

Capabilities of “lawful interception” mobile malware revealed

Researchers from Russian AV company Kaspersky Labs and the Citizen Lab of the University of Toronto have released details about the mobile surveillance tools provided by …

Havex malware targets ICS/SCADA systems

F-Secure researchers have, for a while now, been monitoring the spreading of the Havex malware family and have been trying to determine who are the attackers that wield it. …

Dropbox-themed phishing is after multiple login credentials

Phishing emails purportedly leading users to a file hosted on Dropbox are targeting Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail, and Aol email users, warns Malwarebytes’ Jovi Umawing. …

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