Mobile security: flaw allows hackers to read texts and listen to calls
Hackers can eavesdrop on your phone calls and text messages even with cell networks using “the most advanced encryption available”…
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‘Critical Security Updates’ cancelled for 939 million Android users
Google has revealed that Android smartphones and tablets running versions of the software released before 4.3 (Jellybean) will no longer…
Facebook privacy – why statements about copyright don’t do anything
Facebook users around the world have reported the return of the network’s longer-lasting hoaxes – a legal disclaimer which allows…
Digital Invasion: 3 things we learned from CES 2015
Ever lost a kid somewhere? Not anymore if the gadget vendors have anything to say about it. Now you can…
AOL blocks malicious ads from its advertising platform
AOL has taken steps to stop a set of malicious advertisements being served through their sites, including The Huffington Post,…
Microsoft warns of banking malware targeting German speakers
Microsoft has warned of a new variant of a banking malware that appears to be targeting German speakers, according to…
Windows exploitation in 2014
Today, we published our research about Windows exploitation in 2014. This report contains interesting information about vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows…
CES 2015 in Las Vegas: first impressions, 5 hot topics
With nearly 160,000 lust-ridden techies, corporate denizens and a few of us security types descending on a slightly crisp wintery…
Bitstamp hacked for $5 million in Bitcoin
19,000 Bitcoin – valued at around $275 each, so $5 million together – have been stolen from a majour European…
5 reasons not to “hack back”
Are hacking victims “hacking back”? That question was recently posed in headlines like this one from Bloomberg: FBI Investigating Whether…