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Controversial MacKeeper security program opens critical hole on Mac computers
A critical vulnerability in MacKeeper, a controversial security program for Mac computers, could let attackers execute malicious commands on Macs when their owners visit …
Second HTTPS snooping flaw breaks security for thousands of iOS apps
Attackers can potentially snoop on the encrypted traffic of over 25,000 iOS applications due to a vulnerability in a popular open-source networking library. The …
The Anti-Surveillance State: Clothes And Gadgets Block Face Recognition & Make You Digitally Invisible
Last spring, designer Adam Harvey hosted a session on hair and makeup techniques for attendees of the 2015 FutureEverything Festival in Manchester, England. Rather …
New Firefox version says “might as well” to encrypting all Web traffic
Developers of the Firefox browser have moved one step closer to an Internet that encrypts all the world’s traffic with a new feature that …
Facebook steps into the connected-home arena
Facebook is extending Parse, its suite of back-end software development tools, to create Internet of Things apps for items like smart home appliances and …
Study Suggests a Large Majority of Mobile Apps Fail Basic Security Tests
In general, we shouldn’t consider mobile apps particularly secure for the foreseeable future. That is if Gartner is correct in its latest analysis. The …
Drupal Acknowledges Major SQL Injection Vulnerability
The developers of the open source Drupal content management system recently warned that a SQL injection vulnerability affecting all Drupal 7.x versions prior to …
Is Shellshock a Feature, not a Bug?
The devastating Shellshock security flaw that was found in the open source Bourne Again Shell (Bash) UNIX shell highlights a major dilemma faced by …
Apple dumps SSL 3.0 for push notifications due to Poodle flaw
Apple said Wednesday it will stop supporting the encryption standard Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 for its push notifications service in response to a vulnerability …
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