| Flashlight app vendor settles with FTC over privacy violations |
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Dec 07, 2013 - 4:18 PM - by ArticleBot
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The maker of a popular flashlight app for Android phones has agreed to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission that it left consumers in the dark about its data-sharing practices.
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| DARPA makes finding software vulnerabilities fun |
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Dec 07, 2013 - 4:18 PM - by ArticleBot
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The U.S. Defense Department may have found a new way to scan millions of lines of software code for vulnerabilities, namely by turning the practice into a set of video games and puzzles and have volunteers do the work.
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| Data breaches have eroded consumer faith in security, Fujitsu finds |
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Dec 07, 2013 - 2:02 AM - by ArticleBot
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A decade of data breaches has left barely one in ten UK consumers with faith in the ability of large organisations to safeguard their personal data, a survey for Fujitsu has revealed.
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| Study finds zero-day vulnerabilities abound in popular software |
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Dec 07, 2013 - 2:02 AM - by ArticleBot
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Subscribers to organizations that sell exploits for vulnerabilities not yet known to software developers gain daily access to scores of flaws in the world's most popular technology, a study shows.
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| New website lets users check if their online credentials were exposed in large data l |
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Dec 06, 2013 - 11:45 AM - by ArticleBot
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A new website allows Internet users to check if their usernames and passwords were exposed in some of the largest data breaches in recent years.
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| Perspective: Privacy concerns could keep Amazon delivery drones grounded |
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Dec 06, 2013 - 11:45 AM - by ArticleBot
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Amazon's nascent plan to use unmanned drones to deliver packages to customers has already raised strong privacy concerns that could ultimately nip it in the bud.
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| US faces major Internet image problem, former gov't official says |
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Dec 05, 2013 - 9:39 PM - by ArticleBot
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The U.S. government has a huge image problem worldwide as it promotes Internet freedom on one hand and conducts mass surveillance on the other, potentially creating major problems for U.S. technology companies, a former official with President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday.
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| JPMorgan to notify 500,000 due to data breach, but will not offer replacement cards |
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Dec 05, 2013 - 9:39 PM - by ArticleBot
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. has said they plan to issue breach notifications to nearly 500,000 customers, or two percent of the bank's 25 million UCard users, after hackers breached their network in July. However, because there's no evidence that funds were stolen, the bank will not issue replacement cards.
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| Microsoft to encrypt services, notify customers of gov't data requests |
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Dec 05, 2013 - 8:18 AM - by ArticleBot
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Microsoft moved to reassure business and government customers worldwide that it is committed to informing them of legal orders related to their data, and will fight in court any 'gag order' that prevents it from sharing such information with customers.
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| Two arrested in Germany for hacking computers they used to generate bitcoins |
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Dec 05, 2013 - 8:18 AM - by ArticleBot
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German police have arrested two persons they accuse of hacking computers and using them to generate bitcoins police valued at more than a!700,000 (US$954,000). A third suspect was not taken into custody, police said.
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| Ruby on Rails security updates patch XSS, DoS vulnerabilities |
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Dec 04, 2013 - 4:27 PM - by ArticleBot
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Ruby on Rails users are advised to upgrade to newly released versions of the Web development framework that contain important security fixes, according to the Rails development team.
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| Shadow IT is undermining your security |
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Dec 04, 2013 - 4:27 PM - by ArticleBot
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Once upon a time, not so long ago, the IT admin chose exactly what hardware and software would be used by employees. Recent trends like the consumerization of IT and BYOD (bring your own device) have shifted the balance of power, but IT still has to maintain some degree of control over the applications used and where sensitive data is stored. Many users just download apps or start using unsanctioned services, though, and introduce unnceccesary security risks through "shadow IT."
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| Eight tips for more secure mobile shopping |
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Dec 04, 2013 - 3:12 AM - by ArticleBot
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Online shopping trends point to lots of people, particularly men, using their smartphones and tablets to buy holiday presents. Since some of that browsing and buying will occur at work, experts say companies would be wise to give employees the following eight tips to protect themselves and corporate data.
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| Experimental malware uses inaudible sound to defeat network air gaps |
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Dec 04, 2013 - 3:12 AM - by ArticleBot
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In a development likely to concern those who believe that a system that's not connected to a network is safe from surveillance, researchers have demonstrated that microphones and speakers built into laptops can be used to covertly transmit and receive data through inaudible audio signals
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| D-Link issues fixes for firmware backdoor in routers |
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Dec 03, 2013 - 10:33 AM - by ArticleBot
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D-Link published patches on Monday for a firmware coding goof that could allow attackers to remotely change the settings of several of its router models.
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