Facebook has responded to privacy claims made by Belgian researchers but admitted that a “bug” may have caused inadvertent tracking of some users.
Naked Security – Sophos
It’s a big step forward in transparency for Snapchat, which formerly described its service in a way that might lead users to think turning over their content to law enforcement would be impossible.
Naked Security – Sophos
Fast Company |
New Report On Android Security Finds Fewer Than 1% Of Phones Are …
Fast Company Google just released its 2014 Android Security Year in Review, an intensely data-driven report intended to bring transparency to the vulnerability of phones running on Android. Its findings: fewer than 0.15% of devices that only install from Google … With billions of data points and better tools, Google touts Android security Google's Android security scans over 200 million devices a day Google's 2014 Android Security State of the Union |
U.S. News & World Report |
NSA or Not, Surveillance Malware Endangers Internet
U.S. News & World Report Hackers code-named the Equation group are said to have infected computers in 30 countries with “highly sophisticated” spyware that resembles code and techniques used by the Flame virus and the Stuxnet worm designed by the NSA and Israel for use … How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last Russian Researchers Uncover Sophisticated NSA Malware Beyond Stuxnet and Flame: Equation 'most advanced' cybercriminal gang … |