The Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Israeli Defense Force’s Twitter account and posted a bogus warning about an imminent nuclear attack. The hack comes less than a week after the SEA took aim at the IDF’s official blog.
Daily Archives: July 4, 2014
Russia’s latest internet law proposal – anti-NSA, or pro-FSB?
Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, has heard another internet freedom bill requiring foreign web firms to host any data on Russia citizens within Russia’s borders. This would mean the likes of Google and Facebook would need to set up datacenters within Russia and redesign their operations so that individual user data would only be stored inside the country.
SSCC 154: Fraud, viruses, patches and encryption (in that order!) [PODCAST]
Where does your country sit on the fraud list? Just how much can you trust SMSes on Android? Is Apple serious enough about iOS security? And will Google’s End-To-End email encryption plugin save the world? Find out with Chet and Duck in this week’s Chet Chat podcast…
Coinbase wallet app in SSL/TLS SNAFU, joins the insecure mobile banking club
The popular Bitcoin wallet Coinbase has a crucial security flaw in its Android apps which could allow an attacker to steal authentication codes and access users’ accounts, according to a security researcher. Coinbase is far from alone in leaving its wallet app users vulnerable, so what should you do to stay safe when using mobile banking apps?