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"Quote" Anti-surveillance mask foils facial recognition systems

 

Author: Zeljka Zorz HNS Managing Editor / Posted on 23 May 2014.

 

 

Summary: The unnerving ubiquity of security cameras in public places and the fact that an increasing number of them are connected to facial recognition systems has spurred Chicago-based artist Leo Selvaggio to think of a way to foil these systems.

 

 

Help Net Security / http://www.net-secur...ld.php?id=16916

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"Quote" Google Image Search results redirect to Browlock ransomware

 

Author: Zeljka Zorz HNS Managing Editor / Posted on 23 May 2014.

 

 

Summary: Browlock is the most basic approach to ransomware there is: there is no actual malware that blocks the victims' computer or encrypts its contents, there is only a Web page, with JavaScript tricks that prevent users from closing a browser tab or the browser altogether.

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...ews.php?id=2772

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"Quote" POS facial recognition can prevent fraud

 

 

Author: HNS Staff / Posted on 23 May 2014.

 

 

Summary: Lately, the news has been filled with stories of identify fraud. This, paired with the increase in mobile payments, furthers the need for companies to have access to enhanced tracking and security capabilities.

 

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...ld.php?id=16911

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"Quote" Google promises to patch Chrome OS for 5 years

 

By Gregg Keizer

May 23, 2014 09:50 AM ET

 

Summary: Computerworld - Google has extended its guaranteed support for Chrome OS on vendors' Chromebooks to five years, adding a year of support to nearly every device.

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw..._OS_for_5_years

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"Quote" New iOS app secures IM with 'post quantum' encryption

 

By John Cox | Network World /MAY 23, 2014

 

Summary: A new instant messaging application for the iPhone uses an advanced, "post quantum" encryption scheme to scramble one-on-one chats. It's intended as a bullet-proof secure alternative to WhatsApp's addictive message interface and to mobile carrier's primitive and (outside the U.S.) pricey SMS texting services.

 

InfoWorld / Full Read Here:http://www.infoworld...cryption-243051

 

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"Quote" eBay FAIL gets even more fail-y, with failworthy password advice

 

By Richi Jennings

May 23, 2014 6:08 AM EDT

 

Summary: eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) is coming under mounting criticism for its reaction to its loss of users' passwords and other private info. Or, rather, its lack of reaction.

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://blogs.compute...d-advice-itbwcw

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"Quote" U.S.-China tech exchange shows strains after hacking accusations

 

By Michael Kan

May 23, 2014 12:33 PM ET

 

 

Summary: IDG News Service - The U.S.' escalating feud with China over hacking charges could end up hurting IT suppliers in both countries, as suspicions and eroding trust threaten to dampen the tech exchange between the two nations.

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...ing_accusations

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"Quote" Researchers find a global botnet of infected PoS systems

 

By Lucian Constantin

May 23, 2014 10:17 AM ET

 

 

Summary: The botnet contained almost 1,500 compromised point-of-sale and other retail systems from 36 countries, researchers from IntelCrawler said.

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...ted_PoS_systems

   

 

 

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"Quote" Company and employee disconnect on BYOD security policies

 

Author: HNS Staff / Posted 2 May 2014.

 

 

Summary: Many employees do not take adequate steps to protect company information, a weakness that could result in critical security breakdowns, according to Webroot.

 

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...ld.php?id=16900

 

 

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" Quote"  The hottest trend in mobile: going offline!

 

By Mike Elgan

May 24, 2014 07:06 AM E

 

 

Summary: Suddenly, the industry woke up to the reality that we can't always get connected to the Internet

 

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here:http://www.computerw..._going_offline_

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"Quote" Chromebooks look to replace PCs by going offline

 

 

By Agam Shah

May 7, 2014 01:21 PM ET

 

 

Summary: Google says more offline applications are being added to Chromebooks so more can be done when Wi-Fi isn't available'   

 

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here:http://www.computerw...y_going_offline

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"Quote" Facebook wants to help you meet friends offline

 

 

By Zach Miners

April 17, 2014 03:24 PM ET

 

 

Summary: IDG News Service - Facebook now has its own take on location sharing, an optional feature that periodically broadcasts people's locations to their friends.

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...friends_offline

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"Quote" IT pro gets 4 years in prison for sabotaging ex-employer's system

 

By Chris Kanaracus

May 21, 2014 03:48 PM ET

 

IDG News Service - A former network engineer for oil and gas company EnerVest has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after pleading guilty in January to sabotaging the company's systems badly enough to disrupt its business operations for a month.

 

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...m?taxonomyId=82

 

 

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"Quote" Germany Plans To Ban Tech Companies That Play Ball With NSA

 

By Frederik Obermaier and Benedikt Strunz / Posted on May 16, 2014  05:00 pm CET

 

 

Summary: It didn’t take an Edward Snowden to figure out that American espionage service providers had access to confidential information about German citizens. It’s been known for years that the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) works for American secret services.

 

 

Süddeutsche Zeitung / full read here: http://international...-play-ball-with

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"Quote" eBay faces MULTIPLE PROBES into mega-breach

 

 

By Brid-Aine Parnell, 23 May 2014

 

 

Summary: US attorneys-general and UK ICO probing circumstances around massive security breach.

 

 

The Register / Full Read Here: http://www.theregist...investigations/

 

 

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"Quote" Privacy International probes GCHQ's mouse fetish

 

 

By Darren Pauli, 23 May 2014

 

 

Summary: Privacy International is probing hardware manufacturers about what data can be stored on peripherals after it was revealed the GCHQ specifically targeted track-pads, keyboards and monitors in its destruction of Snowden files held by the Guardian's UK office.

 

http://www.theregist...q_snowden_raid/

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"Quote" Shockwave shocker: Plugin includes un-patched version of Flash

 

 

By Darren Pauli, 23 May 2014

 

 

Summary: Adobe's latest Shockwave Player is riddled with 18 unpatched ageing Flash vulnerabilities raising concern and befuddlement in the US Computer Emergency Response Team.

 

 

The Register / Full Read Here:http://www.theregist...e_of_antiquity/

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"Quote" Hacker surrenders, after Roger Ver puts $20,000 bounty on the Hacker 

 

by Sabari Selvan on Saturday, May 24, 2014

 

Summary: Be Careful who you are messing with, An attacker realized he picked a wrong victim when the victim decided to spend $20,000 to find him.

 

E Hacking News / Full Read Here: http://www.ehackingn...r-ver-puts.html

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"Quote" The Internet of Things helps insurance firms reward, punish

 

By Rik Myslewski, 23 May 2014

 

Summary: Solid The more the Internet of Things knows about you, the more that insurance companies are able to slurp that data and incentivize you to walk the straight and narrow.

 

The Register / Full Read Here: http://www.theregist..._reward_punish/

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 "Quote " HP: You know what's hot right now? Cold storage

 

By Chris Mellor, 25 May 201

 

Summary: Analysis Cold storage is hot, according to Meg Whitman, HP’s CEO, who spoke of her "excitement" in the Q2 results earnings call.

 

The Register / Full Read Here: http://www.theregist...storage_is_hot/

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"Quote" Bing's the thing in Microsoft's push for cheap Windows devices

 

By Neil McAllister, 23 May 2014

 

Summary: Microsoft and its hardware partners are gearing up to push out a new wave of low-cost Windows devices, thanks to a new edition of Windows 8.1 that will be available to OEMs at a lower cost – or even for free.

 

The Register/ Full Read Here: .http://www.theregist..._8_1_with_bing/

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"Quote" Google brings futuristic Linux software CoreOS onto its cloud

 

By Jack Clark, 23 May 2014

 

Summary: A container-based operating system on a virtualized cloud on a container-based distributed system = M.C. Escher's cloud.

 

The Register / Full Read Here:http://www.theregist...onto_its_cloud/

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"Quote"Apple wheels out sueball cannon, again

 

By Richard Chirgwin, 25 May 2014

 

Summary: In its latest move, Apple has fired off two new sueballs: one seeks a permanent injunction preventing the sale of now nearly-obsolete Samsung products in the US; the other asks for a retrial over the $119 million damages awarded to it earlier this month.

 

The Register: http://www.theregist...l_cannon_again/

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"Quote" Samsung's planning a WRISTPHONE

 

By Simon Sharwood, 26 May 2014

 

Summary: Samsung is about to give the world a wristphone, according to The Wall Street Journal.

 

The Register / Full Read Here: http://www.theregist...g_a_wristphone/

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"Quote" Congress divorces NIST and NSA

 

By Richard Chirgwin, 26 May 2014

 

Summary: The US Congress has passed a bill that removes the NSA's direct input into encryption standards.

 

The Register / Full Read Here: http://www.theregist..._nist_from_nsa/

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"Quote" There's no future in on-premises IT -- it's time to move to the cloud

 

By J. Peter Bruzzese | InfoWorld / MARCH 19, 2014

 

Summary: 've been lying to myself: I thought IT would survive the next shift in technology as all infrastructure moves to the cloud. But I no longer believe IT will survive that cloud shift -- certainly not IT as we know it. Sure, there will always be on-premises dinosaurs like myself who prefer to install Exchange manually. But the shift to the cloud is coming.

 

InfoWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.infoworld...he-cloud-238610

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"Quote" The philosophy of IoT: Will it help or hurt?

 

By Patrick Thibodeau

May 26, 2014 06:47 AM 

 

Summary: Computerworld - Some ask the big questions about the Internet of Things. Will it free up human potential? Will everyone share in its benefits, or just those who capitalize on it?

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...t_help_or_hurt_

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"Quote" U.S. wants leniency for 'Sabu,' the Lulzsec leader-turned-snitch

 

By Jeremy Kirk

May 25, 2014 11:01 PM ET

 

Summary: IDG News Service - U.S. prosecutors say a hacking group's mastermind should be spared a long prison sentence due to his quick and fruitful cooperation with law enforcement.

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...r_turned_snitch

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"Quote" In wake of breach, eBay has to deal with multiple web vulnerabilities

 

Author: Zeljka Zorz HNS Managing Editor

 

Summary: As eBay flounders while trying to adequately respond to the breach it disclosed last week, and deems weak passwords to be good but stronger ones to be weak, researchers are coming forth with vulnerabilities affecting the company's web properties.

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...ld.php?id=16919

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"Quote" Small businesses and the cloud: How to mitigate the risks

 

by Jim Hietala - VP, Security, The Open Group - Monday, 26 May 2014

 

Summary: Security concerns are still preventing many small businesses from using new technology methods to accelerate growth. The cloud is one major example of a “hot topic” that has  the news cycle as something that could help small businesses, but new and unsolved old risks are blocking a mass uptake in cloud-based services

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...cle.php?id=2022

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"Quote" US may bar Chinese nationals from hacker summits

 

By  Stephen McBride

Published  May 26, 2014

 

Summary: US authorities may use visa restrictions to keep Chinese nationals out of August’s Def Con and Black Hat hacker summits, Reuters reported.

 

itp.net / Full Read Here: http://www.itp.net/5...-hacker-summits

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"Quote" Google promises to patch Chrome

 

By Gregg Keizer

May 23, 2014 09:50 AM ET

 

Summary: Computerworld - Google has extended its guaranteed support for Chrome OS on vendors' Chromebooks to five years, adding a year of support to nearly every device.

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw..._OS_for_5_years

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"Quote" Fortinet to focus on advanced threat protection at GISEC

 

By  Stephen McBride

Published  May 26, 2014

 

Summary:Network security specialist Fortinet has announced it will focus on advanced threat protection at the Gulf Information Security Expo and Conference (GISEC), which will be held next week at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 9 to11 June.

 

itp.net / Full Read Here:http://www.itp.net/5...ection-at-gisec

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:Quote" Here's what the new EU Parliament will mean for tech

 

By Jennifer Baker

May 26, 2014 02:43 PM ET

 

Summary: IDG News Service - As the tally for the European Parliament election draws to a close, dozens of candidates pledging to support data privacy and net neutrality initiatives appear to have been elected.

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here:http://www.computerw...l_mean_for_tech

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"Quote" Google makes malware microscope Mac mod

 

By Darren Pauli, 27 May 2014 

 

Summary:Google has upgraded its popular VirusTotal analysis tool by adding an Mac OS malware uploader in a bid to better understand increasing attacks against Cupertino's fruity 'puters.

 

The Register / Full Read Here: http://www.theregist...oscope_mac_mod/

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"Quote" EBay flaw could be used to hijack accounts, researcher says

 

By Jeremy Kirk | IDG News Service / My 27 2014

 

Summary: A security researcher who found a major vulnerability in eBay's website last week said a second flaw he found hasn't been fixed and could be used to hijack user accounts.

 

InfoWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.infoworld...her-says-243135

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"Quote" 5 ways computer security has truly advanced

 

By Roger A. Grimes | InfoWorld / MAY 27, 2014

 

Summary: Security isn't all gloom and doom. Amid the progress today, these four developments in particular have made us safer.

 

InfoWorld / Full Read Here:http://www.infoworld...advanced-243090

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"Quote" The FCC's Net neutrality plan is much worse than it looks

 

By Paul Venezia | InfoWorld / MAY 27, 2014

 

Summary: Under the new proposal, ISPs will be slower to upgrade their networks and will find it easier to exploit customers on both ends.

 

InfoWorld / full read here: http://www.infoworld...it-looks-243027

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"Quote" Reg hack disguises XP machines as ATMs, extends support

 

By  Stephen McBride

Published  May 27, 2014

 

Summary: Out-of-support Windows XP users now have an alternative to upgrading, as a childishly simple Windows registry hack has been uncovered that will allow an XP machine to masquerade as an embedded industrial OS - such as those found on bank ATMs or point-of-sale terminals - and remain in support for another five years.

 

itp.net / full read here: http://www.itp.net/5...extends-support

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"Quote" Operation takes down crime network affecting European electronic payments

 

By: HNS Staff / Posted on 27 May 2014.

 

Summary: ulgarian and French judicial and law enforcement authorities, working in close cooperation with the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol and Eurojust in The Hague, have smashed another significant Bulgarian organized crime network suspected of a variety of crimes including electronic payment and document fraud, currency counterfeiting and drugs trafficking.

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...ld.php?id=16920

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"Quote" After the cyberpunks, prepare to fight a new wave of nasties

 

By Tom Brewster, 27 May 2014

 

Summary: Presagers of doom in the IT industry have sometimes got it horribly wrong. One need only look back 14 years to the millennium bug, which was supposed to bring down the world’s critical systems. The year 2000 came and went with no digital cataclysm in sight.

 

The Register / full read here:http://www.theregist...7/data_malware/

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"Quote" Authorities swoop on illicit Wolverhampton SPAM FARM

 

By John Leyden, 27 May 2014

 

Summary: UK data privacy experts have raided an SMS spam farm blamed for spewing out more than 350,000 nuisance messages to mobiles.

 

The Register / full read here:http://www.theregist.../sms_spam_raid/

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"Quote" China ponders ban on IBM servers

 

by Simon Sharwood, 27 May 2014

 

Summary: The dispute between China and the USA over backdoor-riddled information technology equipment has just heated up, with Bloomberg reporting Chinese authorities are wondering whether the time has come for local banks to ditch their IBM servers.

 

The Register / full read here: http://www.theregist...on_ibm_servers/

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"Quote" You've got Mail! But someone else is reading it in Outlook for Android

 

By Darren Pauli, 27 May 2014

 

Summary: Researchers have plucked privacy holes in Microsoft's Outlook Android app that expose user data when user security setting screws were not tightened.

 

The  Register / full read here: http://www.theregist...outlook_outcry/

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"Quote" Web application penetration testing with ImmuniWeb

 

by Berislav Kucan - Tuesday, 27 May 2014.

 

Summary: Switzerland-based ethical hacking and penetration testing experts High-Tech Bridge recently released an interesting security product that uses a hybrid approach towards web application security testing.

 

Help Net Security / full read here: http://www.net-secur...view.php?id=325

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"Quote" DARPA unveils hack-proof drone tech

 

By Jaikumar Vijayan

May 27, 2014 03:49 PM ET

 

Summary: Computerworld - In a claim reminiscent of Oracle Corp.'s "unbreakable" marketing campaign of several years ago, the U.S. military has built what it calls a hack proof drone.

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw...roof_drone_tech

   

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"Quote" Web application penetration testing with ImmuniWeb

 

by Berislav Kucan - Tuesday, 27 May 2014

 

Summary: Switzerland-based ethical hacking and penetration testing experts High-Tech Bridge recently released an interesting security product that uses a hybrid approach towards web application security testing.

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...view.php?id=325

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"Quote" Security in a cloud world: Go multifactor

 

By J. Peter Bruzzese | InfoWorld /MAY 28, 2014

 

Summary: As Microsoft moves to delivering everything in the cloud, it's time to get serious about cloud security.

 

InfoWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.infoworld...tifactor-243137

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"Quote" Windows XP hack resurrects patches for retired OS

 

By Gregg Keizer

May 28, 2014 06:49 AM ET

 

Summary: Computerworld - A simple hack of Windows XP tricks Microsoft's update service into delivering patches intended for a close cousin of the aged OS, potentially extending support for some components until 2019, a security researcher confirmed today.

 

ComputerWorld / Full Read Here: http://www.computerw..._for_retired_OS

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"Quote" Fraud study finds MasterCard holding lowest fraud rate

 

By: HNS Staff / Posted on 28 May 2014.

 

Summary: 2Checkout released a study of online payments fraud, based on a worldwide sample of approximately one million payment transactions tracked each quarter.

 

Help Net Security / Full Read Here: http://www.net-secur...ld.php?id=16927