Zeljka Zorz
NSA subverted EU privacy laws, spied on human rights orgs
In a testimony delivered by video-link from Moscow, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has revealed to EU parliamentarians that the US NSA is actively spying on human rights …
Heartbleed bug: What regular users need to do
As the news of the existence of the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL and the implications of its existence trickles down into mainstream media, users are trying to figure out what …
New IDS project spots anomalous system behavior
A team of researchers from Binghamton University have been working on a new intrusion detection approach based on monitoring the behavior of systems and spotting when it …
Whitehat hacker breaches UMD servers to jump-start security remediation
Daving Helkowski, a software architect/engineer working for software consultancy Canton Group, has made a serious mistake that has already cost him his job and might end up …
How does the Heartbleed bug affect me?
By now, you have surely heard about the “Heartbleed” bug discovered in Open SSL, and you’re wondering how its existence affects you. The situation is, …
Highest EU court rejects EU-wide Data Retention Directive
It’s a good thing that the European Union is working on a new Data Retention Directive, as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on Tuesday that the one issued …
Facebook begins testing new, simplified privacy settings
If you are a regular Facebook user but you haven’t reviewed your privacy settings in a while, you may have already seen Facebook’s new “privacy …
Popular but fake security app removed from Google Play
In little over a week, a developer selling a security app named Virus Shield on Google Play has managed to earn over $40,000, and the software topped the list of most …
OpenSSL “Heartbleed” bug undermines widely used encryption scheme
OpenSSL, an open-source cryptographic library that is the default encryption engine for popular Web server software and is used in many popular operating system and apps, …
Professional Penetration Testing, Second Edition
Are you interested in a career in penetration testing, and don't know where to start? Here is a book that gathers all the relevant information in one place, and gives a good …
SMS Trojan goes after digital wallets
Not satisfied with the money earned via mobile Trojans sending out text messages to premium numbers, cyber crooks have begun adding other money-stealing functionalities to the …
German police finds 18M stolen and misused account logins
Police in northwestern German city of Verden have discovered a collection of 18 million stolen email addresses and corresponding passwords that are being actively used to send …
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