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How to detect hidden administrator apps on Android

Following the discovery of a new Android Trojan that uses several errors and vulnerabilities in the Android OS to make analysis harder for researchers and to remain hidden …

CyanogenMod founder aims to thwart data-grabbing apps

There’s some very good news for users of CyanogenMod, one of the most popular modified Android firmware on the market: its founder and main developer Steve Kondik (aka …

Bill aims to regulate email privacy in the cloud

Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed and thusly put into effect HB 2268, a bill that legislates that law enforcement agents must get a search warrant to access …

Microsoft releases Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0

Microsoft has announced the release of version 4.0 of its popular Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), a free utility that helps prevent memory corruption …

U.S. tech companies sharing bug info with U.S. govt before releasing fixes

A recent report by Bloomberg’s Michael Riley has revealed that a great many U.S.-based companies are voluntarily sharing sensitive information with the U.S. national …

Guccifer hacks U.S. nuclear security agency chief

The hacker that goes by the online moniker “Guccifer” continues his crusade agains U.S. current and former government officials, and his latest victim is Neile …

Facebook, Microsoft and Apple disclose little on U.S. government data requests

The disclosure of details about the controversial PRISM program set up by the NSA has indubitably damaged the reputation of the companies involved in it, and some of them are …

British GCHQ spied on G20 delegates to gain advantage in talks

The British GCHQ has monitored computers and intercepted phone calls made by the foreign participants of two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 and provided crucial …

Japan aims to monitor Internet-based communications

After having agreed on a draft of an official cybersecurity strategy earlier this month, Japan’s National Information Security Center (NISC) is looking to establish a …

Asia-wide targeted campaign drops backdoor, RAT

A new and widespread phishing campaign has been discovered targeting businesses and government institutions across Asia, Trend Micro reports. Telecoms, oil and gas companies, …

ISC-CERT warns about medical devices with hard-coded passwords

Approximately 300 different surgical and anesthesia devices, ventilators, drug infusion pumps, external defibrillators, patient monitors, and laboratory and analysis equipment …

Why does the public now listen to an U.S. government whistleblower?

This is not the first time that a government whistleblower has come forward and tried to warn the U.S. public about the surveillance overreach of government agencies, but it …

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