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Cyber-crime, Malware

Judges convict crook of operating Scan4You Counter Antivirus Service

May 21, 2018

Via: Security Affairs

Crook faces up to 35 years in prison for operating the popular Scan4You counter anti-virus (CAV) website that helped malware authors to test the evasion capabilities of their codes. Scan4You is a familiar service for malware developers that used it […]


Email security

World’s most popular email server praised as ‘near-impenetrable’

January 25, 2017

Via: Naked Security

It isn’t often that good news makes headlines, especially in the security world. Dovecot bucked the trend earlier this month, with a cybersecurity audit that praised the mail server as “near-impenetrable”. Commendations like that are rarer than hens’ teeth. What […]


Network security

Uber now collecting location data even after you leave a driver’s car

December 2, 2016

Via: Naked Security

Last year, Uber gave us a heads-up about its new privacy policy and how it had given itself permission to routinely track our locations even after we’ve left the car, following us as we sally forth into businesses, cross the […]


Application security, Malware

Also Spotify in the list of services victim of a malvertising campaign

October 10, 2016

Via: Security Affairs

Spotify users have been targeted by a malvertising campaign, the malicious advertising served to the victims could automatically open a web browser and redirect victims websites hosting malware. Spotify is a popular online music service that allows its users to listen […]


Application security, Privacy protection

Can you keep a secret? Facebook brings encrypted secret conversations to Messenger

October 7, 2016

Via: Kaspersky Blog

Do you like privacy? Well, let me introduce you to a new player in the encrypted messaging game: Secret Conversations. It comes from a messaging service many are already using, Facebook Messenger. The service is currently available to all users […]


Access control

IRS Relaunches “Get Transcript” Service With Improved Security

June 14, 2016

Via: Security Week

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced last week that it relaunched its Get Transcript online service after making some security improvements to its authentication process. The “Get Transcript” online service was launched by the IRS in January 2014 to […]


Network security

Free online web application security scanner from Netsparker

March 12, 2015

Via: network-security

#netsparker launched their new enterprise #online #service offering Netsparker Cloud, which enables organizations to simultaneously scan hundreds and thousands of websites for vulnerabilities and security flaws. They can also organize web security scans and keep track of the security state of […]


Application security

Android app developers should update to Dropbox’s latest SDK

March 11, 2015

Via: application-security

#android apps that use #dropbox for #storage and are built using an older version of its #sdk are vulnerable to an attack that can steal data, although Dropbox has released a fix, according to IBM #security researchers.IBM’s #application security research […]