A newly discovered Twitter botnet has been lying dormant for over three years, although it includes more than 350,000 bot accounts, researchers at the University College London have discovered.
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Lavabit Email Service Returns with New Encryption Platform
Lavabit, the secure email service that shut down in 2013 after the NSA requested access to Eduard Snowden's email account, is recommencing operations on a new secure end-to-end communications platform, Lavabit owner Ladar Levison announced on Friday.
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Millions Download HummingBad Variant via Google Play
A newly discovered variant of the HummingBad Android malware has been downloaded millions of times after infecting 20 applications in Google Play, Check Point security researchers warn.
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China Cracks Down on Bids to Bypass Online Censorship
Beijing – China has announced a 14-month campaign to "clean up" internet service providers and crack down on devices such as virtual private networks (VPNs) used to evade strict censorship.
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Researchers Link “de-identified” Browsing History to Social Media Accounts
Researchers Demonstrate How "de-identified" Web Browsing Histories Can be Linked to Social Media Accounts
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Overhyped Media Reports Bad For ICS Security: Experts
Overblown media reports describing critical infrastructure incidents can have a negative impact on cybersecurity in the industrial control systems (ICS) sector, experts have warned.
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Heartbleed Still Affects 200,000 Devices: Shodan
While the number of services affected by the OpenSSL flaw known as Heartbleed has decreased, the Shodan search engine has still found nearly 200,000 vulnerable devices.
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Finding the ROI in Threat Intelligence
Threat intelligence can play an important role in improving an organization’s overall cybersecurity posture, provided the right case is made and the right processes are put in place. In the past, I’ve addressed the topic of whether an organization should invest in a dedicated threat intelligence team or subscribe to a threat intelligence service.
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Yahoo Faces SEC Probe into Breach Disclosures
In November 2016 Yahoo announced that it was cooperating with federal, state and foreign agencies, including the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who were seeking information on the data breaches also announced during 2016. In December, the SEC issued requests for relevant documents from Yahoo, and Yahoo is now reported to be under investigation.
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Expert Hacks Internal DoD Network via Army Website
A security researcher who took part in the Hack the Army bug bounty program managed to gain access to an internal Department of Defense (DoD) network from a public-facing Army recruitment website.
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