Zeljka Zorz
Android backup sends unencrypted Wi-Fi passwords to Google
The recent revelations on how Internet giants such as Google, Yahoo, Apple and others are compelled by the US government to give its agencies access to user data have …
Researchers find, Google fixes Glass hijack flaw
Google Glass is scheduled to be made widely available to regular consumers by the end of this year, so the Internet giant has still time to fix the most obvious security flaws …
Microsoft helped NSA get around its encryption
It has been a bad month for US Internet giants, but things got even worse for Microsoft as the latest batch of NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the company …
Unusual Facebook spam campaign delivers malicious Macros
A bizarre spam / malware delivery campaign is currently targeting Facebook users. It starts with the offer to see a video of a girl performing a salacious act – and this …
Bug bounties are cheaper than hiring full-time bug hunters
Software companies that have instituted bug bounties are on the right track, a recently published report by researchers of the University of California, Berkeley computer …
Blue Coat Internet monitoring devices (mis)used in Iran, Syria, Sudan
Even though US sanctions should have made it impossible, filtering and Internet monitoring devices by US-based Blue Coat Systems can be found on many computer networks in …
Bluebox releases free scanner for Android “master key” bug
Bluebox Security, the mobile security startup that’s “working to save the world from information thievery”, has made a name for itself by finding and …
Feds asked to avoid DEF CON this year
Jeff Moss (aka “The Dark Tangent”), founder and director of the Black Hat conference and DEF CON, has officially announced that employees of US federal agencies …
Pirate Bay founder raising money for new encrypted messaging app
Peter Sunde, one of the Pirate Bay co-founders, is looking to enter the encrypted messaging market. Spurred by the recent revelations about the US government’s PRISM …
Facebook scam packs double whammy
A new phishing / malware delivery scam is doing rounds on Facebook, warns ThreatTrack’s Chris Boyd. The lure is a message saying “I’m serious guys If you …
Microsoft gives app developers 180 days to fix bugs
This month’s Patch Tuesday has been a prolific one, and patches for a total of 34 vulnerabilities – six of which critical – have been made available for …
No more disconnection penalty for French file sharers
HADOPI, the French “three strikes” law for promoting the distribution and protection of creative works on the Internet, has been changed and can no longer be used …