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Experts ‘Outraged’ by Warrant Demanding Fingerprints to Unlock Smartphones Some security researchers and civil libertarians are not happy with a recent warrant in California demanding fingerprints to unlock smartphones. While some consider the scope of the Department of Justice warrant too broad some are not sure the constitution has been violated. We can expect the constitutional aspects biometric data to get worked out if future court cases. Leftover Factory Debugger Doubles as Android Backdoor |
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Attackers Hiding Stolen Credit Card Numbers in Images An open source e-commerce platform (Magneto) has been targeted with malicious code called swipers. This code scrapes the credit card data and hides it until the attackers can retrieve it. The credit card data is being hidden in images on the sites using Magneto. The fix for this issue is still being looked into. |
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Europe to Push New Security Rules Amid IoT Mess The European Commission is looking into making new security rules for manufacturers of IoT devices. The security of these IoT devices is minimal to non-existent, some devices even have hard coded login and password that can’t be changed. Security expert Bruce Schneier has been making the case that this is a needed step to stop IoT devices from being used in DDoS attacks. |
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VeraCrypt Patches Critical Vulnerabilities Uncovered in Audit The recent audit of VeraCrypt has discovered vulnerabilities, these vulnerabilities have been patched in the latest VeraCrypt. VeraCrypt is a branch of TrueCrypt that is used for full disk encryption. VeraCrypt was selected by the Open Crypto Audit Project to verify the security of the crypto program. |