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• 02 May 2013

• News: Facebook's 'Trusted Contacts' lets friends bail you out of a hack attack

  Facebook Thursday announced a new security tool called "Trusted Contacts" for users who suspect they've been hacked.

• News: iOS app contains potential malware

  An app available for download from Apple's iOS App Store contains an embedded Trojan horse. And while the good news is that you're almost definitely safe from any malware danger, there's still reason for concern. The app itself is almost certainly harmless--and the malicious code is probably present unintentionally--but the fact that the code slipped through the App Store's review process isn't ideal.

• News: Breached dam data poses no threat to public, Army says

  A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today downplayed the significance of a recent incident of unauthorized access to a database containing potentially sensitive information on thousands of high hazard dams across the country.

• News: Companies explore self-detonating data as security control

  The popular Snapchat photo-messaging app used mainly by Android and iOS mobile device owners to share images that then self-destruct after 10 seconds is the sort of security idea that businesses say can help them secure online transactions with business partners.

• News: Facebook 'Trusted Contacts' lets you pester friends to recover account access

  Facebook Thursday said it’s making available globally a feature called "Trusted Contacts" that lets users select three to five friends who can help users recover account access such as if they forget their password.

• News: The best social networks for private people

  Social networking and privacy do not go hand-in-hand. After all, the key to a good social networking experience is sharing, and the key to good sharing is...lack of discrimination.

• News: Despite hack, security experts urge no fear of Google Glass

  Because of the hardware limitations, jailbreaking the device did not add much more risk than a rooted smartphone, one security expert said

• News: Acting Victorian Privacy Commissioner offers ID theft test

  To coincide with Privacy Awareness Week, Acting Victorian Privacy Commissioner David Watts has launched an online identity theft test.

• News: Which tech companies are looking out for your privacy?

  Twitter and Sonic.net took top scores in a new Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) report rating tech companies' stewardship of users' personal data and their willingness to hand over data to the government. The two companies got high marks on each of the EFF's six privacy best practices categories, which include things like "require a warrant for content," "tell users about government data demands," and "publish transparency reports."

• News: Content spoofing a major website vulnerability, study finds

  A close look at vulnerabilities in about 15,000 websites found 86% had at least one serious hole that hackers could exploit, and “content spoofing” was the most prevalent vulnerability, identified in over half of the sites, according to WhiteHat Security’s annual study published today.

• News: Dutch bill seeks to give law enforcement hacking powers

  The Dutch government today presented a draft bill that aims to give law enforcement the power to hack into computer systems -- including those located in foreign countires -- to do research, gather and copy evidence or block access to certain data.

• News: D-Link publishes beta patches for IP camera vulnerabilities

  D-Link has published beta patches for vulnerabilities in the firmware of many of its IP surveillance cameras, which could allow a hacker to intercept a video stream.

• News: Australia mulls data breach notification law, but details are secret

  Australia's government is keeping a tight hold on proposed data breach notification legislation that could become law before a federal election in September.

• News: U.S. Department of Labor website infected with malware

  A subdomain of a U.S. Department of Labor website appeared offline on Wednesday after an apparent hack that looks similar to a known China-based hacking campaign nicknamed DeepPanda.

• 01 May 2013

• News: Army Corps database on dams compromised

  Expert says breach aimed at collecting 'vulnerability and targeting data' for attacks, but another says simple engineering espionage more likely

• News: Printers, routers used as bots in DDoS attacks

  Printers, routers, IP cameras, sensors and other Internet-connected devices are increasingly used to launch large distributed denial of service attacks, security firm Prolexic warned in a report this week.

• News: ESEA gaming client hijacks GPUs for Bitcoin mining

  The co-owner of widely used computer gaming service ESEA has admitted that the company used its client software to mine bitcoins using customers’ hardware without their knowledge. Some ESEA users say that the unannounced activity overheated their graphics cards, damaging them in the process.

• News: Airbnb's new Verified ID system makes guests to prove they are real people

  It's tough out there in recession land. You know who has lots of disposable money? Complete strangers from out of town who you meet on the Internet. Matching guests and hosts has been the successful premise of the online short-term rental marketplace, Airbnb.

• News: Groups criticize FBI plan to require Internet backdoors for wiretaps

  Privacy groups are denouncing a federal government move to force Internet companies like Facebook and Google to build backdoors that would let the FBI and other agencies snoop in on real time online communications.

• News: The 7 elements of a successful security awareness program

  A list of action items for CSOs looking to bolster their security awareness programs.

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