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Monday, July 28, 2014

Mobile security: A mother lode of new tools

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Mobile security: A mother lode of new tools
Long, complex passwords that must be input on tiny screens, often while on the move: Such hassles make password-based security unworkable in a mobile world. But change is coming, thanks to an industrywide backlash that gave rise to a gold rush of new technologies.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More


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Attackers install DDoS bots on Amazon cloud, exploiting Elasticsearch weakness
Attackers are targeting Amazon EC2 instances with Elasticsearch 1.1.x installed Read More


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Until the Tails privacy tool is patched, here's how to stay safe
Vulnerabilities in the Tails operating system could reveal your IP address, but you can avoid trouble by taking a couple of precautions.Tails, a portable operating system that employs a host of privacy-focused components, plans to patch flaws contained in I2P, a networking tool developed by the Invisible Internet Project that provides greater anonymity when browsing. It’s similar in concept to Tor.On Saturday, I2P developers released several fixes for XSS (cross-site scripting) and remote execution flaws found by Exodus Intelligence, a vulnerability broker that irked some by announcing first on Twitter it knew of flaws but didn’t immediately inform Tails.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More


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The hidden dangers of "good enough" authentication
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