HALF A BILLION TERRORISTS: WhatsApp encrypts ALL its worldwide jabber [ Mon Nov 24 2014]

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Symantec reseachers find 'Regin' malware, label it the new Stuxnet
Government probably penned 'peerless' p0wn cannon aimed at Russian and
Saudi targets
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Crypto protocols held back by legacy, says ENISA
EU takes the microscope to security
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SandWorm thrived thanks to botched MSFT patch says HP
Issues known and understood for at least two years before Shai-Hulud
crawled out of the code
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HACKERS can DELETE SURVEILLANCE DVRS remotely – report
Hikvision devices wide open to hacking, claim securobods
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CIA crypto-king offers new 'clock' clue to crack Kryptos code
Big structure in full public view unlikely to contain anything
important
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DoubleDirect hackers snaffle fandroid and iPhone-strokers' secrets
Windows and Linux seem immune from redirection assault
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PayPal takes 18 months to patch critical remote code execution hole
Dusty patch paid out
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GCHQ and Cable and Wireless teamed as Masters of the Internet™
New Snowden docs show telco was a willing partner in global data
vaccuum
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Citadel Trojan snooped on password managers to snatch victims' logins
And then vanished into the night
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Privacy bods offer GOV SPY VICTIMS a FREE SPYWARE SNIFFER
Looks for gov malware that evades most antivirus
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A life of cybercrime, a caipirinha and a tan: Fraudsters love a
Brazilian
School of Crooks in South America
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Webcam hacker pervs in MASS HOME INVASION
You thought you were all alone? Nope – change your password, says ICO
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CAPTCHA rapture as 'thousands' affected by seven year-old bug
Fix committed for JQuery validation plugin demo script
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Astro-boffins start opening universe simulation data
Got a supercomputer? Want to simulate a universe? Here you go
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CERN's 2014 Xmas gift from the Large Hadron Collider: Two new baryons
Strange beauty a downer for exotic physics
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GOTCHA: Google caught STRIPPING SSL from BT Wi-Fi users' searches
Choc Factory to build crypto bridge 'soon'
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'Most advanced mobile botnet EVER' is coming for your OFFICE Androids
NotCompatible
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London police chief: City bankers, prepare for a terrorist cyber
attack. Again
Fingers ISIS as likely attacker
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Asian mobiles the DDOS threat of 2015, security mob says
Beware traffic from hacked Vietnam, India and Indonesia fondleslabs
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Lame phone dodgers fleece finance's foolish and fat fingered
A hundred top US finance companies targeted
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Hewlett Foundation lays out MEELLIONS on security
Cyber ALL the boffins
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SMS pwnage on MEELLIONS of flawed SIM cards, popular 4G modems
Bootkits for everyone!
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Patch NOW! Microsoft slings emergency bug fix at Windows admins
Vulnerability promotes lusers to domain overlords ... oops
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HALF A BILLION TERRORISTS: WhatsApp encrypts ALL its worldwide jabber
Default set to keep texts from prying eyes
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Mozilla, EFF, Cisco back free-as-in-FREE-BEER SSL cert authority
Let's Encrypt to give HTTPS-everywhere a boost in 2015
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Anonymous ‪hacks the Ku Klux Klan after Ferguson‬ threats
#HoodsOFF
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Northern Ireland website leaves front door open, spills users' data
No theft necessary, just search ...
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Can't be TRUSTe-d? Online privacy firm coughs $200k to settle
'deception' charges
FTC acts after regulation oopsie
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Gee THANKS: Cryptoscum offer a free decrypt in latest ransomware racket
Back up! Back up! Back up! Back up!
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Cries of spies as audit group finds possible 'backdoor' in Bittorrent
Sync
Hashes gone AWOL: bugged or just buggy?
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USB coding anarchy: Consider all sticks licked
Thumb drive design ruled by almighty buck
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Three WireLurker suspects arrested in China – reports
Accused of being authors of first non-jailbroken iThing malware
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Holy cow! Fasthosts outage blamed on DDoS hack attack AND Windows 2003
vuln
Monday, bloody Monday
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State Dept shuts off unclassified email after hack. Classified mail?
That's CLASSIFIED
Classified systems 'not affected' - but, is this reconnaissance?
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WinShock PoC clocked: But DON'T PANIC... It's no Heartbleed
SChannel exploit opens an easily closed door
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Attack reveals 81 percent of Tor users but admins call for calm
Cisco Netflow a handy tool for cheapskate attackers
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