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EU Asks Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes

MicroHelp — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:28:48 +0000

European officials want Google to slow its plans to introduce a new privacy policy so that they can investigate whether or not it is strong enough to protect user data.

Anonymous Leaks FBI, Scotland Yard Phone Call Detailing Hacking Investigations

MicroHelp — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:53:36 +0000

Hacktivists with the online collective Anonymous have released a recording of a sensitive phone call between officials with the FBI, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies related to ongoing investigations into hacking.

Privacy Fail: Is Uncle Sam Encouraging Bad Security?

MicroHelp — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:56:44 +0000

CANCUN, MEXICO - A prominent privacy activist says that leading software vendors, and the U.S. government are failing the public when it comes to Internet privacy, and that big changes are needed to prevent consumers from criminals, advertisers and government spies.

State of SCADA Security ‘Laughable’, Researchers Say

MicroHelp — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:16:04 +0000

CANCUN--For people who follow the developments in the security and research communities, it's easy to get discouraged by the current state of affairs, given the rash of serious hacks on certificate authorities, military networks and companies such as RSA and VeriSign. But, if you think things are bad there, you may not want to look at what's happening in the ICS and SCADA communities. It's getting ugly early.

Cyber Cops Wrestle With Legal Hurdles, Public Perception

MicroHelp — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:41:26 +0000

CANCUN, MEXICO -- A panel of top law enforcement officers in charge of cyber criminal investigations reveals that the guys with the white hats face an uphill climb if they want to take down cyber criminal kingpins, with outdated laws and processes on the one hand, and an increasingly skeptical and privacy-conscious public on the other.

Google Begins Security Review Process for Android Apps

MicroHelp — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:12 +0000

After a couple of years of seeing headlines announcing a steady stream of pieces of malware and trojaned apps appearing the Android Market, Google finally has taken steps to find and remove malicious apps from the market automatically. The company has unveiled a service called Bouncer that scans apps and looks for known malware as well as potentially malicious behavior.

Infographic: How To Spot A Fake Facebook Friend Profile

MicroHelp — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:47:35 +0000

A whopping 97 percent of fake Facebook profiles purport to be female, according to this infographic based on a new study, announced today, from security firm Barracuda Networks. In order to expand their networks and entice would-be victims, 58 percent of the phony profiles also claim to be bisexual and on average, have 726 friends while 68 percent claim to have attended college.

How to Win Friends and Steal Their Facebook Accounts

MicroHelp — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:20:28 +0000

CANCUN--Facebook is a lot of things, and one of the things that it's become of late is a fertile green field for attackers and scammers of all stripes. The Koobface worm is perhaps the most famous threat to hit the network, but the more mundane ones, such as scammers generating fake profiles automatically to spread spam and malicious URLs are becoming more and more prevalent, researchers say.

Driving Up the Cost of Exploit Development Becomes a Key Defensive Strategy

MicroHelp — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:56 +0000

CANCUN--The skill of attackers, combined with the difficulty and cost of finding and fixing vulnerabilities in software--especially after deployment--has reached the point that it's now more effective and efficient for vendors to concentrate on making life more difficult for those attackers looking to exploit bugs.

Apple Ships Huge Set of Patches for OS X

MicroHelp — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:28:10 +0000

Apple has released a massive set of patches for a wide range of security vulnerabilities in a number of its products and components, including OSX Lion and QuickTime. The patches, which are rolled up in OS X 10.7.3, fix a slew of serious bugs, many of which can be used to execute remote code on vulnerable machines.