Los Angeles – The US government and Apple will face off in court on Tuesday in a closely-watched case that could have wide-reaching implications on digital security and privacy.
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Google’s Binary Comparison Tool “BinDiff” Available for Free
Google announced on Friday that its binary comparison tool BinDiff can be downloaded by security researchers free of charge.
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MITRE Puts Rapid CVE Assignment Pilot on Hold
In response to criticism from the CVE Editorial Board, the MITRE Corporation has decided to put a recently announced pilot program meant to address the need for rapid CVE assignments on hold.
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FBI to Assist Bangladesh With Probe Into Central Bank Heist
The FBI has agreed to help Bangladesh investigate an audacious $81 million theft from the nation's foreign reserves, authorities said Sunday, days after the finance minister accused central bank officials of complicity in the heist.
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Swedish Newspaper Websites Shut Down in Hacker Attack
Stockholm – The online editions of Sweden's main newspapers were knocked out for several hours by unidentified hackers at the weekend, police said Sunday as they launched an investigation.
The attack was "extremely dangerous and serious," the head of the Swedish Media Publishers' Association, Jeanette Gustafsdotter, told Swedish news agency TT.
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Bangladesh Heist Exposes Philippine Dirty Money Secrets
When mystery hackers launched a stunning raid on Bangladesh's foreign reserves, a plot worthy of a John le Carre spy novel was sparked in the Philippines, exposing the Southeast Asian nation as a dirty money haven.
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Microsoft Adds OneDrive to Bug Bounty Program
Microsoft announced this week at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, Canada, that it has added OneDrive to the company’s Online Services Bug Bounty Program.
The tech giant says it’s prepared to pay between $500 and $15,000 for vulnerabilities in the online cloud storage service.
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FBI Reminds That Cars are Increasingly Vulnerable to Remote Exploits
FBI Reminds That Connected Cars Are Increasingly Vulnerable to Remote Exploits
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95% of HTTPS Servers Vulnerable to Trivial Connection Hijacking
With just 5 percent of web servers correctly implementing HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), the remaining 95 percent are vulnerable to trivial connection hijacking attacks, research shows.
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ProtonMail Opens Encrypted Email Service to Public
Encrypted email provider ProtonMail announced the global availability of its privacy focused email service to the public this week.
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