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News in Brief Feb 6, 2015 18:47:26 GMT

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Internet Explorer vulnerability puts user credentials at risk

French Businesses Under Ransomware Fire

Info Disclosure Vulnerability Found in the Opportunity Form from Topline Systems

The Facts about Botnets

GnuPG Development Saved by Online Community, Linux Foundation and Facebook

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News in Brief Feb 11, 2015 14:27:29 GMT

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The "JASBUG" Windows vulnerability - beyond the hype, what you need to know

Mobile Crypto-Ransomware Simplocker now on Steroids

VirusTotal Adds “Trusted Source” Flag to Fight False Positives

HP Buys Voltage Security, Provider of Data Encryption Solutions

Apache Tomcat Patched Against Request Smuggling Glitch

10 Million Passwords and Usernames Dumped into the Public Domain

SIMATIC WinCC SCADA System Receives Critical Fixes from Siemens

Microsoft Leaves Windows Bug Unpatched to Force Users to Upgrade

MSRT February: Escad and NukeSped

Outlook app blocked by EU parliament over ‘serious security issues’

Census Scams and ‘Grandparent Scams’

"Most adorable bug" - Raspberry Pi 2 crashes when you take a photo of it

gThumb 3.3.3 Brings Better Support for GTK+ 3.14 and Lots of UI Tweaks

KB3001652 Update Pulled Due to Issues on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7

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News in Brief Feb 12, 2015 14:47:20 GMT

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The Big Data picture - just how anonymous are "anonymous" records

CTB-Locker Ransomware Spoofs Chrome and Facebook Emails as Lures, Linked to Phishing

Significant Lapses Found in Connected Home Security Systems

Google Voice Search Records and Sends Some Extra Seconds to the Mother Ship

Microsoft Lags Behind Google and Mozilla, to Squash POODLE Bug in April

OpinionSpy Rears its Ugly Head on Macs Once Again

Security terms explained: What does Zero Day mean?

Facebook is telling Native Americans their names are fake

How to Recover Deleted Photos & Videos on iOS

KB3001652 Update Reissued to Address Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 Issues

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News in Brief Feb 16, 2015 17:46:18 GMT

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Microsoft pulls PowerPoint-killing patch KB2920732

The Great Bank Robbery: the Carbanak APT

News flash: hacker turns Apple's Lightning connector into a jailbreak conductor

US wireless carriers now legally have to unlock our phones

Memex - DARPA's search engine for the Dark Web

VLC Player for iOS Is Back

Microsoft Will Charge $600 per Year to Keep Windows Servers Updated

Amazon goes down in Europe

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News in Brief Feb 17, 2015 19:25:40 GMT

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WhatsApp spy tool lets anyone track when you're online

Firefox to get a "walled garden" for browser extensions, Mozilla to be sole arbiter

Google's Project Zero backs off a bit - will now give up to 14 days' grace

Equation: The Death Star of Malware Galaxy

A Fanny Equation: "I am your father, Stuxnet"

Google Chrome Recorded the Highest Number of Vulnerabilities in January 2015

Siemens Fixes Security Flaws in Simatic Step 7 (TIA Portal)

Did GCHQ illegally spy on you? Here’s how to find out

New rules on drones and aerial surveillance issued by FAA, White House

Vivaldi Web Browser Now Has 32-bit Builds for Linux

Microsoft Office Gets iCloud Support on iOS

If This Is How Microsoft Improves App Quality, Windows 10 Has a Big Problem

Microsoft Launches KB2956149 to Replace Botched KB2920732 Update

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News in Brief Feb 19, 2015 16:07:17 GMT

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Forget Google Glass, here's Sony's (not quite as catchy)‏ SmartEyeglass (Red Dwarf fans celebrate - GS)

FreeBSD and the YARNBUG - more trouble at the Random Number Mill

Over 250,000 Home Routers Found with Duplicate SSH Keys

Microsoft Patch Causes “Text Quality Degradation” on Windows Systems (as I posted at the weekend HERE - GS)

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News in Brief Feb 21, 2015 16:42:11 GMT

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How to get rid of the Lenovo "Superfish" adware

Multinational SIM cards manufacturer Gemalto hacked by NSA and GCHQ

Commercial Spyware Found in Enterprise Environment

Tax Related Spear-Phishing Aims at CTOs in Tech Companies

Admin_Vistamike Administrator Vistamike Here be dragons..and a lot of help!! Posts: 1,679	News in Brief Feb 22, 2015 23:06:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Admin_Vistamike on Feb 22, 2015 23:06:58 GMT Lenovo 'Superfish' download patch here: support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish_uninstall

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News in Brief Feb 23, 2015 17:50:20 GMT

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Security software found using Superfish-style code, as attacks get simpler

US Police Department Pays Crypto-Malware Ransom

Robolinux 7.8.2 Wants to Provide Windows App Compatibility and Total Privacy

Deleted Exchange Online Emails Will Be There Forever

Microsoft Tries to Recover After Superfish Fiasco, Offers Clean PCs Without Junkware

What's New in Windows 10 Build 10014

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News in Brief Feb 24, 2015 18:06:43 GMT

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10,000 motorists' names and addresses published online by parking fine company

"PowerSpy" - can crooks really track you by the power your phone is using?

LinkedIn premium users to get $1 each in password-leak settlement

Yahoo exec goes mano a mano with NSA director over crypto backdoors

Google Chrome Strengthens Protection Against Malicious Downloads

GCompris Is a Great Linux Teaching Tool for Small Kids

Mozilla Firefox 36.0 Is Now Available for Download

Canonical Launches Gorgeous Ubuntu Wireless Mouse

Microsoft Makes Office 365 Free for All Students in the World

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News in Brief Feb 26, 2015 15:15:22 GMT

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From the Labs: more advances in Advanced Persistent Threats

EFF unearths evidence of possible Superfish-style attacks in the wild

62% of the Top 50 Download.com applications bundle toolbars and other PUPs

PrivDog, a Comodo add-on also bypasses SSL security

WP-Slimstat Wordpress Plug-in Relies on Guessable Crypto Key

Zeus Admin Panel Comes with a Shot of Malware Itself

Windows 7 ISO Downloads Now Possible Only with a Product Key

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News in Brief Mar 2, 2015 17:18:46 GMT

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Anatomy of a certificate problem - Comodo's "PrivDog" software in the spotlight

Privilege Escalation Glitch Found in Toshiba Software

Vulnerabilities in Blu-Ray Players Open Door for Network Compromise

TorrentLocker Email Campaign Bypasses Spam Filters with DMARC Specification

Toys “R” Us Resets Account Passwords Following Unauthorized Access

Cybercriminals phish iCloud credentials from victims of iPhone, iPad theft

Mozilla Pushes Hot Fix to Remove Superfish Cert From Firefox

Google performs U-turn on Blogger smut rule

OpenELEC 5.0.5 Embedded Linux Distro Now Ready for Download

Thunderbird E-Mail Client Adoption Rises Despite Being Almost Dumped by Mozilla

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News in Brief Mar 3, 2015 19:44:54 GMT

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Venmo mobile payment service under fire for security carelessness

Is this the ultimate spam fail?

Now you can easily send (free!) encrypted messages between Android, iOS

Black and White JPEG in PDF Files Can Host a Malicious Script

Yet Another Cleaner, Yet Another Stealer

Monitoring tools: user notification required

Uber subpoenas GitHub in search for hacker of driver database

NVIDIA Finds and Corrects Old Compiz Bug That Caused Windows to Go Black in Ubuntu

Admin_Vistamike Administrator Vistamike Here be dragons..and a lot of help!! Posts: 1,679	News in Brief Mar 3, 2015 19:59:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Admin_Vistamike on Mar 3, 2015 19:59:30 GMT Is this the ultimate spam fail? Like this bugger! The naffest yet......oh I'm gonna do this!! lol The link is copy of the normal Barclays page (it has now been flagged)
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