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Akamai PLXsert's Q3 2014 State of the Internet – Security Report Released
Businessweek PLXsert has observed botnet-building efforts in which malicious actors sought to control systems by gaining access through vulnerable web applications on Linux-based machines. Attackers have also expanded to a new class of device including smartphones … |
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Google's Android Has a Fake-ID Problem
Businessweek The Android security team developed a fix in April and provided the patch to vendors, who had 90 days to implement it before Bluebox publicized its findings, he says. Bluebox has tested about 40 Android-based devices out of more than 6,300 in the market. Google fixes Android's Fake ID security hole Android Security Flaw Allows Hackers to Hijack Phone Google says it delivered patch for Android's “Fake ID” security flaw to partners |
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Ethiopian Government Accused of Spying on US Citizen
Businessweek Spying software, known as FinSpy, surreptitiously installed on Kidane's computer in suburban Washington made audio recordings of Skype Internet phone calls, copied e-mail and logged websites and sent the information to a FinSpy master server in … |
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Hackers Get Personal With Bespoke Malware Attacks
Businessweek … Marquis-Boire, the researcher who in 2012 used malware samples obtained by Bloomberg News to show that Bahraini activists had been targeted by FinSpy, a product marketed to governments for the purpose of secretly taking over computers and phones. |