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Security flaw opens all modern Android devices to “zombie botnet” takeover – Apple Insider

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Security flaw opens all modern Android devices to "zombie botnet" takeover
Apple Insider
A newly discovered flaw in Google's Android security model enables rogue apps to gain full access to the Android system and all installed apps, read all data on the device, harvest passwords and create a botnet of "always-on, always-connected and …
Android 'Master Key' Security Flaw Affects 900M DevicesThe Epoch Times
Another Android security flaw, but this one only affects 99% of devicesCITEworld
Android Security Flaw Allows Malicious Code To Go UnseenSci-Tech Today
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Operation PRISM: NSA and FBI monitoring activity at Facebook, Apple, Google … – Infosecurity Magazine (US)

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Operation PRISM: NSA and FBI monitoring activity at Facebook, Apple, Google …
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
A witness statement filed in the high court London claims that Gamma International's FinFisher (FinSpy) covert surveillance software targeted the computer of a leading Bahraini activist who holds dual British and Bahraini citizenship. Governments spend …

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Apple updates Safari, gives better control over Java applets

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Apple has pushed out a Safari update to go along with this week’s “Java Tuesday” fix. It’s supposed to give you finer-grained control over Java in your browser. Paul Ducklin puts it through its paces…
Naked Security – Sophos

Apple password reset website – gaping hole found, fixed

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Apple has had a good-bad-good-bad week of it in the computer security environment. Its announcement of two-step verification for some users was quickly followed by a report of a password recovery exploit for everyone else…
Naked Security – Sophos