If you don’t patch that device, somebody else may. Says Symantec.
Category: Security & Privacy
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APPLE’S XCODEGHOST FAQ
We have no information to suggest that the malware has been used to do anything malicious or that this exploit would have delivered any personally identifiable information had it been used.
FAQ.
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US surveillance makes 'Safe Harbour' data treaty with EU invalid, European court adviser says
15-year-old ‘Safe Harbour’ agreement between the US and EU should not stop data transfers being suspended, legal counsel says
via Telegraph
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Project Zero looks at Kaspersky.
Google’s “Project Zero” took a look at Kaspersky’s products. The result is unpleasant, if not to say devastating.
The closing statement is a constructive mention towards Antivirus products.
In future, we would like to see antivirus unpackers, emulators and parsers sandboxed, not run with SYSTEM privileges.
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$AKAM releases Q2 2015 State of the Internet Security Report
Akamai has released the Q2 2015 State of the Internet Security Report. This quarter’s report, which provides analysis and insight into the global cloud security threat landscape, can be downloaded here.
via: Q2 2015 State of the Internet Security Report Released – The Akamai Blog
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AntiVirus Firm BitDefender Hacked
AntiVirus Firm BitDefender Hacked by DetoxRansome; Turns Out Stored Passwords Are UnEncryptedvia: AntiVirus Firm BitDefender Hacked; Turns Out Stored Passwords Are UnEncrypted
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Bug of the day: MongoDB
Trevor Morgen points out the most creative bug so far in MongoDB. Not sure if this is a bug or pure stupid, though, and let’s fear for more issues of this kind in the codebase. -
Facebooks To Kill Flash
Facebook’s new chief security officer, Alex Stamos, has stated publicly that he wants to see Adobe end Flash.
Most of the internet will consider this a good idea. Not too sure about the Facebook bunch yet.
via: Slashdot
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New and hot: #OpenSSL memes
Our special announcement today: You get a CA! #OprahSSL #OpenSSL pic.twitter.com/NF11W97etv
— Oprah SSL (@OprahSSL) July 9, 2015
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Software sucks. Says @zeynep
“Why the Great Glitch of July 8th Should Scare You.” When United had to ground its fleet, the NYSE and WSJ were down. Because of software.