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Superfish not the only app using Komodia’s SSL-busting code

As Lenovo backtracked on its initial position that the Superfish adware pre-installed on some of its notebooks is not a security danger, and released a security advisory about …

CTOs targeted with tax-themed phishing emails carrying malware

Tax-themed phishing emails targeting CTOs of tech companies have been spotted by researchers at Talos, Cisco’s security intelligence and research group. The initial …

Flaw makes Cisco routing hardware vulnerable to DoS attacks

A serious vulnerability affecting the software of some of Cisco’s routing hardware systems for telecommunications and Internet service providers could be exploited to …

How important is the critical information infrastructure?

ENISA issued methodologies for the identification of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) services in communication networks. This study provides state of the art …

96% say ISO 27001 is important for improving security defenses

Already established as international best practice, the information security management standard ISO 27001 has become an effective weapon in the fight against cyber crime. It …

Citizenfour awarded Oscar for Best Documentary

Film director Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour has been recognized as past year’s Best Documentary Feature by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Most of …

Is the Internet hiding a crime wave?

The U.S. crime rate continues to fall, according to the latest FBI’s release based on Uniform Crime Reporting from police departments, but researchers say those numbers, …

Lack of trust is affecting how consumers use the Internet

68% of US smartphone users are concerned about having their activity tracked to serve them targeted ads, suggesting that most smartphone users are uncomfortable with the idea …

Concerns around endpoint security

The overwhelming majority of information security professionals believe end users are their biggest security headache, largely due to their tendency to click on suspicious and …

Week in review: Gemalto SIM heist, Lenovo’s Superfish blunder, cyber spies compromising disk firmware

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Google relaxes its rigid 90-day bug disclosure period Google has announced that its …

Gemalto announces investigation of massive SIM heist

Yesterday’s report by The Intercept hit the information security community like a ton of bricks, as a set of documents from Edward Snowden’s trove indicate that …

Over 250,000 home routers sport same SSH keys, warns researcher

With a simple search, John Matherly, the creator of Shodan, has discovered with it more than 250,000 routers that share the same SSH key, meaning they also share the same …

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