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The Dilemma of Anonymity and Dangers of Ask.fm

Anonymity affords a precarious, irresistible power to teens online. Ask.fm is one app that’s exploding in popularity by allowing users to ask and answer questions to one another anonymously. While Ask.fm is used by many teens as a digital playground to flirt and just have fun (and confess crushes), the lack of a name or Read more…

Tor Anonymity Comes Under Attack

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On August 4, websites hosted by Freedom Hosting, a service provider that offers anonymous hosting through the Tor network, began to host malicious scripts. This follows media reports from August 3 about US authorities seeking the extradition of the man…

Tor Anonymity Comes Under Attack

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On August 4, websites hosted by Freedom Hosting, a service provider that offers anonymous hosting through the Tor network, began to host malicious scripts. This follows media reports from August 3 about US authorities seeking the extradition of the man…

No Sporting Chance When Ticket Touts Strike

What a summer of sport it has been. We’ve witnessed in our millions the British & Irish Lions rugby team triumphing in the Rugby Union Test series in Australia; Chris Froome winning the 100th edition of the Tour de France; Missy Franklin taki…

2876146 – Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication Could Allow Information Disclosure – Version: 1.0

Revision Note: V1.0 (August 4, 2013): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of a public report that describes a known weakness in the Wi-Fi authentication protocol known as PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol with Micr…

Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication Could Allow Information Disclosure – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Revision Note: V1.0 (August 4, 2013): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of a public report that describes a known weakness in the Wi-Fi authentication protocol known as PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 (Protected Extensible Authentication P…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2876146): Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication Could Allow Information Disclosure – Version: 1.0

Revision Note: V1.0 (August 4, 2013): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of a public report that describes a known weakness in the Wi-Fi authentication protocol known as PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 (Protected Extensible Authent…

Microsoft Security Advisory (2876146): Wireless PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 Authentication Could Allow Information Disclosure – Version: 1.0

Severity Rating: Revision Note: V1.0 (August 4, 2013): Advisory published.Summary: Microsoft is aware of a public report that describes a known weakness in the Wi-Fi authentication protocol known as PEAP-MS-CHAPv2 (Protected Extensible Authentication P…

Android App Contains Windows Worm

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When developers are unaware of security they open the door to threats against their customers and users. We are not just talking about exploitable vulnerabilities in their code, but about something much more obvious than that. Here is the curious case of an Android application on Google Play that contains some traces of malware, but Read more…