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Video: General Data Protection Regulation, Safe Harbor Agreement, Copyright reform and the Google case

After having been ruled invalid by the ECJ, the Safe Habor Agreement is now back in the spotlight as the Commission has finally issued a communication on the Trans-Atlantic …

11 zero-days uncovered in Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge

An internal contest between the North American and European members of Google’s Project Zero has resulted in the discovery of eleven high-impact zero-day flaws affecting …

Security update kills several critical bugs in Android Marshmallow

Google’s November Android security update carries fixes for seven vulnerabilities, including two remote code execution flaws that are rated “critical” …

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Review: Google Earth Forensics

Learn how to use Google Earth geo-location in your digital forensic investigations.

SHA-2 encryption will make many sites inaccessible to users who can’t afford newer tech

A group of security researchers has recently announced that it’s highly likely that effective collision attacks that would break SHA-1 encryption will be revealed by the …

Malicious Google Chrome clone eFast serves ads, collects info

A Google Chrome lookalike browser dubbed eFast is being actively pushed onto users. The software is at best annoying and unwanted, and at worst can lead users to …

Fake Android apps bypass Google Play store security

“ESET unveiled fake apps available at the official Google app store. Posing as popular game cheats, such as Cheats for Pou, Guide for SubWay and Cheats for SubWay, these …

Google patches Stagefright 2.0 on Nexus devices

Google has released its monthly security update for Nexus devices. Among the issues this update fixes are the two vulnerabilities in the stagefright and utils Android …

Stagefright 2.0: A billion Android devices could be compromised

Most Android users are, once again, in danger of having their devices compromised by simply previewing specially crafted MP3 or MP4 files.Zimperium researchers, who were the …

Scammers use Google AdWords, fake Windows BSOD to steal money from users

Faced with the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), many unexperienced computer users’ first reaction is panic. If that screen contains a toll free number …

Mapping the underground cybercrime economy in order to disrupt it

You’ve surely heard – everybody has – about the existence of an underground economy that allowed the proliferation of Internet crime. Many years ago cyber …

Malware-infected game discovered on Google Play, up to 1 million users at risk

Check Point researchers found sophisticated new malware on Google Play which has infected between 200,000 and 1 million users. The malware is packaged within an Android game …

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