Most interesting security and privacy news for period 7th November – 20th november
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Highlights
Stat of the week 89% of Windows 7 users have auto-updates enabled, only 4.9% never check for updates. http://t.co/KL1DpOpT (67 clicks) tweet this news
Hack of the week New iOS Bug Lets Apps Run Unsigned Code. http://t.co/qNU8IKSy (528 clicks) tweet this news
Vizualization of the week The evolution of the SSL lock icon (infographic). http://t.co/Qhc5u7gM tweet this news
Tool of the week GPG prototype implementation in JavaScript, for use in Chrome Browser and WebMail. http://t.co/NlCvMNFk (54 clicks) tweet this news
Epic fail of the week Hacked Texan Water Infrastructure Had a 3 Character Password. http://t.co/yhlNKzdZ (2017 clicks) tweet this news
Analysis of the week Fake Bank Of America Google+ Account Has 27 Times More Followers Than Real One. http://t.co/lZRg5OOi (569 clicks) tweet this news
Report of the week Yes, Android’s new face unlock feature can be fooled with a photo. http://t.co/tDOxqfCC (246 clicks) tweet this news
The ugly Windows remote ICMP refCount overflow finally patched. 15 years leater winnuke was back from the grave… http://t.co/2RYOw3mK (9 clicks) tweet this news
The 5 most popular news of the week
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5299 clicks: A malware signed with a Malaysia governmental signing key is available in the wild. http://t.co/pZuMxeN0 tweet this news
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2017 clicks: Hacked Texan Water Infrastructure Had a 3 Character Password. http://t.co/yhlNKzdZ tweet this news
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649 clicks: Cool infographic: Google+ vs Facebook for security and privacy. http://t.co/MrrGyRNO tweet this news
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569 clicks: Fake Bank Of America Google+ Account Has 27 Times More Followers Than Real One. http://t.co/lZRg5OOi tweet this news
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This top 5 was established based on bit.ly overall clicks data
Phishing, scam and spam
Drug cartel release Anonymous hacker group member. True story or elaborate hoax ? http://t.co/MG2U0KDS tweet this news
Google Promises to Protect ‘Global Brands’ From Google+ Squatters. http://t.co/CzCXgpSu (29 clicks) tweet this news
Funny FBI scam email. Get points for creative thinking and write up quality. http://t.co/TkFQEucz (15 clicks) tweet this news
Security tool
Attack technique, exploit and vulnerability
Bold statement / China’s cyber-warfare capabilities are ‘fairly rudimentary’. http://t.co/St1dMhCY tweet this news
Interesting paper WYSINWYX: What You See Is Not What You eXecute. http://t.co/JUpo2tTj (74 clicks) tweet this news
Data leak, Data breach and Statistic
Three more data breaches data available online. About 67K login/passwords leaked. http://t.co/82WAvl9P (34 clicks) tweet this news
Use of Adobe Flash is slowly decreasing on Top 10,000 websites. http://t.co/FHtkrNJg tweet this news
Survey: Half Of Firewall Rules Improperly Configured. http://t.co/StIourVR (46 clicks) tweet this news
Malware, scareware and other badware
Privacy
Eliminating distractions, speeding pages and improving security drive more users than privacy. http://t.co/94wTfPq9 (5 clicks) tweet this news
Amazon Kindle fire silk privacy might be what you expected. http://t.co/TLElvxni (24 clicks) tweet this news
Other
hilarious: Tour de France winner sentenced for hacking a doping lab. http://t.co/VXzRWWzF (93 clicks) tweet this news
Women succeed at suicide only once in ~70 attempts (!!) Men have an 8x higher success rate. http://t.co/t87cXuqv (21 clicks) tweet this news
Interesting coding hack Smuggling data in pointers. http://t.co/FxXZNIAg (43 clicks) tweet this news
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