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Blackphone security issues and vulnerabilities unveiled
Blackphone, the carrier- and vendor-independent smartphone that was created with the goal of placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users, is not without its …
Salesforce users hit with malware-based targeted attack
Late last Friday, global cloud-based CRM provider Salesforce has sent out a warning to its account administrators about its customers being targeted by the Dyreza malware. …
Review your Facebook privacy settings with Privacy Checkup
Facebook’s Privacy Checkup tool – informally dubbed “Privacy Dinosaur” – has been made available for use to all users of the popular social …
Google will start gradually sunsetting SHA-1
Google has announced that it will begin the process of gradually sunsetting SHA-1 (as used in certificate signatures for HTTPS) with Chrome 39, which is due to be released in …
Researchers compile list of Android apps that allow MitM attacks
Around 350 Android apps that can be downloaded from Google Play and Amazon stores fail to properly validate SSL certificates for HTTPS connections, and thus open users to …
Coursera privacy issues exposed
When well-known lawyer and Stanford law lecturer Jonathan Mayer was invited to teach a course on government surveillance on Coursera, the popular online website offering free …
HealthCare.gov breach affected test server, not users
A server within the Healthcare.gov system has been compromised, but the good news is that it didn’t contain consumer personal information. It was just a development …
OS X version of Windows backdoor spotted
A recently discovered backdoor aimed at Mac computers is likely wielded by a long-standing APT group that has previously been known to target US defense firms and …
Give up on complex passwords, says Microsoft
The Internet is full of advice on how users should go about choosing strong passwords, and on what schemes web admins should implement to make them do so and what protection …
Mounting evidence points towards Home Depot breach
Still officially unconfirmed, a Home Depot hack looks increasingly likely to have happened. As Nicole Perlroth noted, the source of stolen card information can be discovered …
Twitter launches bug bounty program
With a simple tweet, Twitter has officially launched its own bug bounty program. Set up through the security response and bug bounty platform HackerOne, the program offers a …
New Firefox offers MITM protection via public key pinning
Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox (v32) for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, and the new browser sports some notable security improvements. For one, the new …
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