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FreeBSD ditches suspect hardware-based crypto

Buried in the “Security” section of a report on the FreeBSD Developer Summit held in September in Malta is a small but important note about the FreeBSD …

CyanogenMod introduces built-in SMS encryption

CyanogenMod developers have announced the fruit of several months of labor headed by Open Whisper Systems’ Moxie Marlinspike: a seamless implementation of TextSecure, …

New security features for Microsoft accounts

Microsoft has added three new security improvements to its customer accounts: account recovery codes, insight into recent account activity, and more control over security …

FBI used spying malware to track down terror suspect

Court documents related to a recent FBI investigation have revealed that the agency has been permitted to try to compromise with spying malware the computer of a potential …

DARPA’s games crowdsource discovery of software flaws

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a series of games aimed at discovering whether large numbers of non-expert users can perform formal …

Alleged Blackhole author and gang prosecuted in Russia

Paunch, the creator of the infamous Blackhole exploit kit, is being prosecuted along with 12 other individuals involved in a Russia-based cybercrime ring, the Russian Ministry …

Microsoft promises wide-reaching encryption, more transparency

It took them a while, but Microsoft is finally announcing a concentrated effort to protect its customers and their data from unauthorised government surveillance. “Like …

Researchers uncover Point-of-Sale botnet

Researchers from Arbor Networks have spotted an active Point of Sale (PoS) compromise campaign using the Dexter malware or variants of it, aimed at stealing credit and debit …

Spoofed MasterCard warning delivers malware

A worrisome email notifying users that their MasterCard debit card has been blocked just when most of them are trying to do their holiday shopping has been landing in inboxes …

Hackers’ server with over 2 million stolen passwords found

Every now and then, security researchers come across a server used by hackers to store stolen account credentials. The latest instance of this has been flagged by Daniel …

Police arrests Chinese Bitcoin exchange owners suspected of fraud

Three individuals allegedly involved in the recent ransacking of the Hong Kong-based Global Bond Limited Bitcoin exchange have been arrested in China. According to a report by …

Researchers prove malware can communicate via computer speakers and microphones

Physically isolating critical systems from networks and systems that are unsecured has long been used as a simple way to protect the former from unwanted intrusions and …

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