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Microsoft patches 34 vulnerabilities

We have seven bulletins from Microsoft this month, addressing a total of 34 vulnerabilities. Six of the bulletins are rated “critical” and allow for Remote Code …

Latest leaks by NSA whistleblower reveal NSA’s global reach

EU countries might be formally outraged at the US bugging of EU officials both in America and Europe and NSA’s phone surveillance in general, but as news outlets …

EPIC petitions US Supreme court to stop NSA domestic phone spying

The Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed on Monday a petition with the US Supreme Court asking it to put a stop to the disclosure of the …

Identity and access management tips for proactive compliance

N8 Identity announced eight tips for proactive compliance through identity and access management (IAM) best practices. These tips offer advice to organizations seeking to …

Equifax acquires TrustedID

Equifax has acquired TrustedID, which will become part of Equifax Personal Solutions, Equifax’s direct-to-consumer business unit offering credit monitoring and identity …

POC code for critical Android bug published

Last week, researchers from Bluebox Security have made a disconcerting revelation: Google’s Android mobile OS carries a critical bug that allows attackers to modify the …

Privacy policy changes allow AT&T to sell user data

AT&T, the largest provider of mobile telephony in the United States, has recently announced several changes in their Privacy Policy to allow the sale of anonymized user …

“Google account hacked” text scam puzzles researchers

A curious spamming campaign continues to target Google users via their mobile phones, and researchers still don’t know what it actually does. First spotted back in …

Audit privileged access to Microsoft Online Services

Xceedium announced Xsuite will include protection for Office 365, Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint. The additional protection for Microsoft online services complements …

US Emergency Alerting System vulnerable to attack

IOActive has discovered vulnerabilities in the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) which is widely used by TV and radio stations across the United States. They uncovered the …

Super-scalable LDAP directory driven by big data

Radiant Logic announced a commercial solution for distributed storage and processing for enterprise identity management. Based on Hadoop, this new highly-available version of …

The magnitude of Android’s “master key” bug

The Android flaw whose existence was revealed last week by Bluebox Security is as bad as they come. “Blowing hash and signing functions so that the underlying code can …

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