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F-Secure keeps your apps, plugins and OS up-to-date
F-Secure has introduced Software Updater which offers patch management as a business security feature. Over 80% of the top 10 malware detected by F-Secure Labs are targeted …
Surge in Android adware
Between the beginning of July and the end of September, FortiGuard Labs researchers reported a marked increase in Android adware, new evidence suggesting that Zitmo …
Twitter account hijacking exposes easy-to-exploit security flaw
The hijacking of the Twitter account that belongs to user Daniel Dennis Jones and his subsequent investigation into the matter has revealed a Twitter security weakness that …
Samsung fixes Galaxy S3 bug, researchers offer fix for other phones
Given the amount of information we all keep on our smartphones, it’s no wonder that the recently demonstrated Samsung Galaxy S3 remote data-wipe hack has ruffled quite a …
Researcher shows Samsung Galaxy S3 remote data-wipe hack
At the recently held ekoparty Security conference in Buenos Aires security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar has demonstrated a simple attack that could lead to a remote wiping of …
Critical Java flaw affects nearly one billion users
Researchers from Polish firm Security Explorations keep digging into Java and discovering flaws, the latest of which has been unearthed just before Oracle’s annual …
Researchers bypass NFC access control with smartphone
A security flaw in most Mifare NFC contactless cards can easily be misused by hackers to modify the contents of the cards and get free rides on at least two U.S. transit …
Virgin Mobile USA user accounts vulnerable to brute-force attack
Millions of subscribers of Virgin Mobile USA are in danger of having their accounts hijacked and misused because the carrier’s authentication method is easy to break …
Microsoft issues workaround for IE 0-day exploited in current attacks
Microsoft has issued a security advisory with advice on how to patch a Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability recently spotted being exploited in the wild by attackers that …
Chip and PIN payment card system vulnerable to “pre-play” attacks
The chip and PIN system employed by most European and Asian banks is definitely more secure than the magnetic strip one, but it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have …
Etsy starts its own bug bounty program
Etsy, the popular online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage goods, has announced its own bug bounty program, which will reward researchers with money and goods for …
Oracle confirms existence of another critical Java flaw
When Oracle finally patched the CVE-2012-4681 Java 0-day that was being actively exploited in the wild, Polish firm Security Explorations immediately piped up to say they …
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