More fake antivirus programs found in Google Play, Windows Phone Store

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	More fake antivirus programs found in Google Play, Windows Phone Store Last month Google offered refunds to users who bought a fake antivirus app from Google Play, but the scam seems to be catching on and security researchers have recently identified similar apps in both the Android and Windows Phone app stores. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee Get Proactive About Managing Security and Risk Read how managing risk today means making sense of more data: vulnerability scans, application and database logs, flows, access and session records, alerts, and trending analysis. View Now>> In this Issue DogeVault says attackers gained access to virtual machines NASA's broken planet-hunter spacecraft given second life US Navy wants smart robots with morals, ethics 'Elderwood' hackers continue to set pace for zero-day exploits DOJ asks for new authority to hack and search remote computers Will the FCC be able to enforce an open internet? Google Apps users getting encrypted messaging that goes beyond Gmail WHITE PAPER: McAfee Streamlining Response and Reaction to Attacks This SANS white paper explores how to weave together and correlate information from disparately managed systems and bring visibility to their behavior with accurate, actionable reporting. View Now>> DogeVault says attackers gained access to virtual machines An online wallet for the dog-themed cryptocurrency dogecoin said Thursday it lost 280 million coins, worth about US$130,000, after attackers gained access to its virtual machines on Sunday. Read More NASA's broken planet-hunter spacecraft given second life NASA today said it would fund the technology fixes required to make its inoperative Kepler space telescope active again and able to hunt for new planets and galaxies. Read More WEBCAST: Sourcefire, now part of Cisco Innovations that Protect Against Advanced Attackers This webinar will explore new technologies and process for protecting endpoints from advanced attackers and how innovations like continuous data collection combined with big data analytics are pushing the envelope for what security teams can do during and after an advanced attacker puts them in their sights. Learn more >> US Navy wants smart robots with morals, ethics The US Office of Naval Research this week offered a $7.5m grant to university researchers to develop robots with autonomous moral reasoning ability. Read More 'Elderwood' hackers continue to set pace for zero-day exploits Further investigation into an exploit kit known as "Elderwood" shows the attackers using it are more numerous and possibly better funded than previously thought, according to new research from Symantec. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Advanced Persistent Threats: Detection and Protection In this paper we'll explain how a multi-faceted approach to protect against APTs including layers of defense can reduce the risk of attacks. Learn More DOJ asks for new authority to hack and search remote computers The U.S. Department of Justice wants new authority to hack and search remote computers during investigations, saying the new rules are needed because of complex criminal schemes sometimes using millions of machines spread across the country. Read More Will the FCC be able to enforce an open internet? Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission released its draft of net neutrality rules for public comment. In the FCC's parlance, net neutrality is called the "open internet." Read More Google Apps users getting encrypted messaging that goes beyond Gmail Google is making available a service to allow its enterprise customers to send and receive encrypted e-mail to users of non-Google mail systems, including Yahoo and Microsoft Exchange. Read More
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