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SolarWinds enhances security tools
SolarWinds announced enhancements to several of its security management solutions, including SolarWinds Log & Event Manager, SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager and …
Shady Android AV pushed onto unsuspecting users
A deceptive advertising campaign pushing a shady antivirus solution is actively targeting Android users, warns Malwarebytes’ Armando Orozco. The pop-ups are triggered …
WhatsApp-themed spam campaign delivers malware
A new WhatsApp-themed spam campaign has been spotted targeting users of the popular IM service. The spam email claims to be a notification about a voice message someone left …
Top 100 Android apps hacked in 2013
One hundred percent of the Top 100 paid Android apps and 56 percent of the Top 100 paid Apple iOS apps have been hacked, according to Arxan. As the growth in mobile innovation …
Energy-efficient bcrypt cracking
Bcrypt is a password hashing scheme based on the Blowfish block cipher. It was designed to be resistant to brute force attacks and to remain secure despite of hardware …
FreeBSD ditches suspect hardware-based crypto
Buried in the “Security” section of a report on the FreeBSD Developer Summit held in September in Malta is a small but important note about the FreeBSD …
CyanogenMod introduces built-in SMS encryption
CyanogenMod developers have announced the fruit of several months of labor headed by Open Whisper Systems’ Moxie Marlinspike: a seamless implementation of TextSecure, …
1Password 4.1 for Mac adds new password updating, better search
Popular password manager 1Password for Mac reached version 4.1 that comes with some long-requested features, the most notable being a new Login (password) updating process. If …
Security gate for open doors
Internet crime has evolved to a full blown cyber-war, using internet servers as virtual soldiers to take down critical network infrastructures, or to steal information. While …
Legitimate apps bundled up with secret Bitcoin miner
As the value of Bitcoin continues to rise, a lot of people are trying to cash in on the craze. Some do it legally, by getting their own machines to perform the calculations …
Browser scan unveils an abundance of critical vulnerabilities
Through our Qualys BrowserCheck online tool we have collected data from over 1.4 million user computer scans and their respective browsers. From this research, we have found …
Secure cloud storage service MEGA releases iOS app
MEGA is a secure cloud storage service with 50 GB free storage space. The official MEGA iOS app is now available on the App Store. Features: Browse and manage your MEGA cloud …
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