- Android rootkit released at Defcon
- Highlights from Black Hat and Defcon
- Mozilla finds flaw in Black Hat video stream
- Researchers find GBs of stolen data in a botnet
- Useful security extension may make it into Linux kernel
- Patch for critical Windows flaw available
- Antivirus vendors mostly ignore Windows security features
- Attackers can use XSS and Google to find a user’s physical location
- New iPhone vulnerability in its PDF viewer
- Vulnerability disclosure initiative puts pressure on vendors
- 10K node botnet taken down in the UK
- Apple prepares iOS fix
- EFF project to assess genuine security of SSL certificates around the web
Via Hacker News. - Facebook adds photo based security check
- Adobe readies emergency fix for critical PDF Reader security hole
- Private browsing mode doesn’t always work as well as advertised
- Scammy Firefox beta 4 download used to spread a trojan
- Hoax Facebook virus stirs more trouble than a real one
- Criticisms of security in IPv6
- New Windows 7 zero day flaw
- Memcached opens accidental security hole
- Companies use browser history to bypass privacy
HT walkerh.
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