Yahoo on Wednesday denied conducting mass email surveillance after a report alleging it built a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence which sparked an outcry from privacy activists.
The report, which said the US internet giant had secretly scanned millions of emails to help American intelligence, was "misleading," Yahoo said in a statement.
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Google Patches DoS Vulnerability in Android
One of the 78 vulnerabilities that the October 2016 Android Security Bulletin released this week has patched was a flaw in the GPS component that could be exploited remotely to cause denial of service on vulnerable devices.
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TalkTalk Handed Record Fine for Data Breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the U.K. has handed a record fine to telecoms company TalkTalk for the data breach suffered in October 2015.
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iMessage URL Preview Exposes User Data
Apple’s iMessage service can leak data such as location, device type, and operating system, when the user receives a URL in a message, a researcher has discovered.
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Clinton Foundation Denies Being Hacked
The hacker calling himself Guccifer 2.0 leaked hundreds of megabytes of files allegedly stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the organization’s representatives said there was no evidence of a data breach.
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Zero Trust or Bust?
Implementing a Zero Trust Model Represents a Dramatic Change and Requires a Well-planned Transition
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Endpoint Security Wars: Is Peace Breaking Out?
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Continue readingResearchers Leverage RKP Module to Bypass Samsung KNOX
Security researchers from Viral Security Group Ltd. have managed to bypass the Samsung KNOX security features by exploiting vulnerabilities that render unpatched devices susceptible to compromise.
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Hackers Could Harm Diabetics via Insulin Pump Attacks
OneTouch Ping insulin pumps manufactured by Johnson & Johnson-owned Animas are plagued by several vulnerabilities that can be exploited by remote hackers to compromise devices and potentially harm the diabetic patients who use them. While the security holes are serious, the risk is considered relatively low and the vendor does not plan on releasing a firmware update.
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Weak Credentials Fuel IoT Botnets
Botnets powered by Internet of Things (IoT) devices have recently made headlines after powering massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The underlying issues with IoT devices, however, are by no means new. IoT botnets are possible mainly because enslaved devices often have security flaws, many of which have been discussed numerous times before.
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