NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1

	NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1 | D-Link remote access vulnerabilities remain unpatched
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	Finnish companies join forces to build secure OS for smartphones and tablets A new version of Jolla's Sailfish OS is getting locked down with the help of SSH Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP Collaborative Defense Hackers are no longer lone wolves. They specialize in the narrow abilities needed to mount a cyber attack, and they collaborate in a cyber crime ecosystem that co-ordinates their activities to penetrate defenses and find and steal information. So we must also collaborate to defend our businesses. Learn more >> In this Issue NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1 D-Link remote access vulnerabilities remain unpatched How a Blu-ray disc could install malware on your computer Hackers exploit router flaws in unusual pharming attack Some Bitdefender products break HTTPS certificate revocation Mozilla scrubs Superfish certificate from Firefox DoCoMo app shares SIM credentials with offline devices Personal data on 50,000 Uber drivers exposed in breach WHITE PAPER: HP Quantifying the Business This whitepaper applies the experience of real HP TippingPoint customers to quantify these saving and demonstrate pay back in the first year. Learn: • The cost savings investigating and remediating cyber attacks • The saved cost of e-commerce web site downtime • How TippingPoint intrusion prevention system differs from other approaches Learn more >> NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1 The approval will be the last before the relevant statute in the Patriot Act comes up for renewal Read More   D-Link remote access vulnerabilities remain unpatched The worst one could allow a remote attacker to change DNS settings Read More   How a Blu-ray disc could install malware on your computer A video will start playing, but something strange could be happening as well Read More   Hackers exploit router flaws in unusual pharming attack   The attack changes the DNS settings of a router using default login credentials, Proofpoint said Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP SANS Survey on Network Security Results This study details a survey of 439 IT security and network professionals conducted by the SANS Institute. It explores use of IPS within respondents' organizations and their plans for future NGIPS. Read the results to understand how contemporaries are using IPS and how NGIPS is evolving to counter today's cyber threat. Learn More Some Bitdefender products break HTTPS certificate revocation This allows man-in-the-middle attackers with access to revoked, but otherwise valid, certificates to manipulate encrypted traffic Read More   Mozilla scrubs Superfish certificate from Firefox The hotfix detects whether Superfish has been removed, and if so, removes the Superfish root from Firefox. Read More   DoCoMo app shares SIM credentials with offline devices   Smartphones with new Qualcomm chipsets could send SIM subscriber identities to multiple offline devices Read More   Personal data on 50,000 Uber drivers exposed in breach   An investigation revealed a database had been accessed last May Read More
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