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Bitly partners with Let’s Encrypt for HTTPS links

Bitly processes data associated with more than 12 billion clicks per month, leading to massive troves of intelligence. Now, they’re partnering with Let’s Encrypt …

Gmail
Google drops support for old crypto on Gmail, SMTP servers

In less than a month, Google will stop supporting SSLv3 and RC4 on its SMTP and Gmail’s web servers. The end of support is not unexpected, as the Internet giant announced the …

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Tech support scammers start locking Windows computers

Tech support scammers have come up with a new way to trick users into sharing their payment card information: screen lockers showing fake Windows alerts telling users that …

ATM
Criminals turn entire ATMs into skimmers

As if withdrawing money from an ATM wasn’t dangerous enough, researchers discovered that Russian-speaking Skimer group forces ATMs to assist them in stealing users’ …

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Cybercrime economy: The business of hacking

The profile of typical cyber attackers – and the interconnected nature of their underground economy – have evolved in the last several years. Adversaries are …

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Almost all Android users vulnerable to Accessibility Clickjacking attacks

Symantec researchers recently posited that Android banking malware with screen overlay capabilities might soon start tricking users into turning on Android’s Accessibility …

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Only two percent of IT experts consider third-party secure access a top priority

Soha Systems released a report based on a survey conducted by the newly formed Soha Third-Party Advisory Group, which consists of security and IT experts from Aberdeen Group, …

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Black Jack Free app carries deadly banking Trojan

Despite Google’s best efforts, malware peddlers occasionally manage to get their malicious wares on Google Play. The latest example of this unfortunate reality is an app …

Symantec
Bug in Symantec’s anti-virus engine can lead to system compromise

Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy has unearthed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the anti-virus engine powering Symantec’s endpoint security …

battery
Most organizations can’t protect digital information in the long-term

New research has revealed that the majority of organizations do not have a coherent long-term strategy for their vital digital information even though virtually all of them …

Adobe Flash
Latest Flash 0day exploit delivered via booby-trapped Office file

Four days have passed since Adobe patched the latest Flash Player 0day vulnerability exploited in attacks in the wild and, in the meantime, we have been given more details …

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Many Americans refrain from shopping, stating opinions online

Recently released results of a survey by the US Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) have revealed that security …

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