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on : Friday, 11 May, 2012

Fake AV apps circulating on Google Play

Android users should beware. Developer "thasnimola" has uploaded over 15 fake AV and 'free SMS' apps to Google Play. This is the same developer who back in April was flagged for flogging fake NQ Mobile security apps. What is surprising is that Google Bouncer didn't pick these fake apps up - it was a third-party research company that did. The developer uses the Appsgeyser Webkit to automatically generate fake apps. The developer is social engineering people to download the app which then redirects them to his website. It's not know right now whether the apps are malicious.  The apps
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Millions in the US don’t use Facebook privacy settings

A recent US study has found that nearly 13 million US users of Facebook are either simply unaware of, or simply don’t use privacy settings. The study found that 4.8 million people have shared details about their plans for a certain day and 4.7 million have ‘liked’ a Facebook page related to heath issues or treatments. The latter can expose personal information which can be used against them by insurance companies. 9% of US Facebook users are sharing personal information, which is a staggering number considering how often Facebook is in the news regarding privacy. An even
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Apple release Mac OS X 10.7.4 software update

Yesterday (May 9th) Apple released two major updates for Mac OS X. The first being a software update from 10.7.3 to 10.7.4 which includes Safari 5.1.6. After installing this software update you will then be prompted to
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Mac OS X 10.7.3 Lion login passwords exposed

The Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 update turns on a system-wide debug log file which contains the login passwords of every user who has logged in since this update was applied. You are only vulnerable if you
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How to disable the Windows Autorun malware threat

Julian's security vendor friends at Bitdefender have reported that 12 percent of global Microsoft Windows infections in the first quarter of 2012 were Autorun-based threats. This doesn’t come as a surprise as most Windows users don’t understand
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on : Friday, 11 May, 2012

Microsoft Security Essentials 4.0 – AV industry is dead

  There has been quite a bit written by security researchers and media about Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) over the past few years. Some complimentary and others not so. My personal opinion has always been that MSE is
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on : Friday, 11 May, 2012

Facebook announces Anti-Virus Marketplace

Yesterday (April 25th) Facebook announced the launch of Anti-Virus Marketplace. This Facebook page will allow users to download a six-month full version anti-virus software license from McAfee, Norton, Sophos for Macs and Trend Micro for PCs and
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on : Friday, 11 May, 2012

StaffCop – activity monitoring software & network performance monitoring. Remote traffic monitoring tool, employee monitoring software & spying program

The majority of companies out there today are trying their best to use the power of social media and its large user base to their advantage. If your company is utilizing social media websites chances are your employees are allowed
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on : Thursday, 10 May, 2012

What can a network scanner do for you?

When it comes to network security there are a lot of choices as to what software you actually use. You can apply firewalls, antivirus software, internet access controls and network scanners. Seeing where the network scanner fits into this
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on : Tuesday, 8 May, 2012

Hakin9 On Demand – Trojan-izing USB Sticks

1. Secure memory stick by Amit Mishra Secure USB flash drives protect the data stored on them from access by unauthorized users. USB flash drive products have been on the market since 2000, and their use is increasing exponentially. As both consumers and businesses
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on : Monday, 7 May, 2012

Hacktivity 2012 Call for Papers

Who we are Hacktivity 2012 – The IT Security Festival in Central and Eastern Europe – will be held on the 9th occasion. (Exact date and location is under negotiation, the Festival takes 2 days - Friday -Saturday - please
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on : Wednesday, 2 May, 2012

Hakin9 05/2012: Cloud Computing

IN BRIEF By Armando Romeo, eLearnSecurity and ID Theft Protect As usual specialists from companies eLearn Security and ID Theft protect will share with us latest news from IT security world. Read it to up-date yourself. Cloud Security by Gurav Shah There are a number
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