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Week in review: Human sensors, IT security jobs, and hacking car charge stations
20.05.2013
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, videos, reviews and articles: Police unable to decrypt iPhones, asks Apple to do it Court documents from a drug trial in Kentucky have revealed that the U.S.
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Week in review: Malware you can "live with", but should't, and backdoor targeting popular web servers
13.05.2013
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, videos, interviews, reviews and articles: Malware you can "live with", but shouldn't The main symptom of a computer being infected with the ZeroAccess (or Sirefef) malware is that online searches via Google Search often lead to unhelpful pages filled with ads and equally useless links.
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Week in review: Google Glass hacked, Bitcoin risks, and why we need security awareness training programs
06.05.2013
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews and articles: Info of 50M LivingSocial customers compromised following breach LivingSocial, the company behind the eponymous deal-of-the-day website, has confirmed that its computer systems have been breached by attackers and that user information such as names, email addresses, date of birth, and encrypted passwords have been compromised.
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Week in review: CISPA, AP Twitter account hijacking and real-world consequences
29.04.2013
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, reviews and articles: World's largest bitcoin exchange under DDoS attack Mt.Gox, the world's largest bitcoin exchange, has been downed by what appears to be a "strong DDoS attack".
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Week in review: WordPress sites under attack, Android Trojan downloaded by millions, pass-thought s instead of passwords
22.04.2013
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, videos and articles: Real-world test of 21 antivirus products AV-Comparatives have released results of their latest Real-World Protection Test.
Spotlight

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

Application vulnerabilities still a top security concern
Posted on 16 May 2013. | Respondents to a new (ISC)2 study identified application vulnerabilities as their top security concern. A significant gap persists between software developers’ priorities and security professionals’ concerns.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.

Hacking charge stations for electric cars
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Ofer Shezaf talks about what charge stations really are, why they have to be ‘smart’ and the potential risks created to the grid, to the car and most importantly to its owner’s privacy and safety.

Is Microsoft is reading your Skype communications?
Posted on 15 May 2013. | The question of whether Skype allows U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to access the communications exchanged by its users has still not been adequately answered by Microsoft.
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