The Onion Router, better known as Tor, is the most popular anonymity network out there, but MIT researchers claim to have created an even better system, called Riffle.
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What’s Your Threat Intelligence Strategy?
In my previous SecurityWeek article, we looked at what type of cyber threat intelligence analyst makes sense for your business. Analyst expertise can span a wide range of business, technical and security-related areas and the outputs that analysts provide can vary greatly based on business need.
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Android Trojan Blocks Outgoing Calls to Banks
After Android malware that intercepts incoming calls to bypass two-factor authentication systems emerged earlier this year, Symantec researchers have now discovered a Trojan that prevents users from making outgoing calls to banks from their smartphones.
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Locky Ransomware Gets Offline Encryption Capabilities
Blocking C&C Connections Won't Stop Locky Ransomware
Locky, one of the most used ransomware families during the first half of the year, is now able to encrypt files without connecting to a command and control (C&C) server, Avira researchers warn.
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Survey Shows Users Ready for Biometric Payments
Two-thirds of European consumers want to use biometrics to make payments easier and more secure. This is the finding of new research commissioned by Visa Inc and undertaken by Populas during late April and early May 2016.
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Why Microsoft’s Victory in Irish Email Case Matters
Microsoft Email Ruling will Make GDPR Conformance Simpler and the Privacy Shield Stronger
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New Trojan Helps Attackers Recruit Insiders
Experts monitoring the dark web have come across a new Trojan designed to help threat actors recruit insiders within the organizations they want to target.
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Hundreds of Flaws Found in Philips Healthcare Product
Researchers have identified hundreds of high severity vulnerabilities in a healthcare product from Philips. The vendor has released software updates that address the issues.
The affected product is Philips Xper Information Management Connect, a hospital information system used in the healthcare sector primarily in the United States and Europe.
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IE Exploit Added to Neutrino After Experts Publish PoC
The developers of the Neutrino exploit kit have added a recently patched Internet Explorer vulnerability to their arsenal after researchers published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit.
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GE Brings Predix Industrial Platform to Microsoft Cloud
GE and Microsoft unveiled a new partnership this week that will make GE’s Predix platform for the Industrial Internet available on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.
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