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Facebook Transparency
Facebook released a transparency report yesterday that covers the first six months of 2013.All in all: 71 countries requested information on 38,000+ people. Facebook provided law enforcement...
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Pity Team Lokki, They Have No Time to Enjoy the Sun
We've had nearly a week of beautiful summer-like weather in Helsinki (which is not always the case in late August).So why in the world is "Team Lokki" sitting in their room with the blinds closed?No...
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FinFisher range of attack tools
FinFisher is a range of attack tools developed and sold by a company called Gamma Group.Recently, some FinFisher sales brochures and presentations were leaked on the net. They contain many interesting...
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Whatever Happened to Facebook Likejacking?
Back in 2010, Facebook likejacking (a social engineering technique of tricking people into posting a Facebook status update) was a trending problem. So, whatever happened to likejacking scams and...
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EU Parliament Civil Liberties Committee on US Surveillance
Now: the EU Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee starts the first of a series of hearings examining issues around US surveillance.Here's the agenda for Session 1:Broadcast link: Committee on Civil...
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Will the U.S. "Cyber Attack" Syria?
In what is very surely a disturbing sign of the times…We've been asked: should cyber weapons be included in a "measured military response" to Syria's use of chemical weapons?Some think they should: •...
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Limit Exposure to Facebook Friends of Friends
Yesterday, Forbes reporter Kashmir Hill asked a question which has been on my mind for years:Why Doesn't Facebook Show You What A 'Friend of a Friend' Sees On Your Profile?The question is in reference...
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Post-Office Espionage
A good working knowledge of history is crucial. Because context is everything.Which is why those of you with any kind of interest in recent NSA/GCHQ revelations should read historian Jill Lepore's...
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Rootkit Cafe
Have you ever wondered about the ads you might have seen being shown on the desktop or in the browser during web browsing sessions at Internet cafes? One of our Analysts, Wayne, certainly did.He...
View ArticleSeptember 23rd: Threat Report Webcast
Join us September 23rd for a webcast based on our forthcoming Threat Report.Join the event and other details.Tweet your questions @mikko using the hashtag #WWPY.If you don't have a Google account...
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Vulnerability in IE Could Allow Remote Code Execution
This is probably required reading if you're a Windows systems administrator of any sort: Microsoft Security Advisory (2887505).All versions of Internet Explorer are affected.Microsoft is currently...
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iOS 7 Security Prompts
Apple's iOS 7 was released yesterday…And it has some nice new security prompts:@WeldPond@mikkoIf you come across more, Tweet them to @FSecure. On 19/09/13 At 12:33 PM
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H1 2013 Threat Report
Our H1 2013 Threat Report is now online:You'll find it — as well as our previous reports — available for download: here. On 24/09/13 At 06:57 AM
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New TDL dropper variants exploit CVE-2013-3660
Recently, we been seeing a new breed of TDL variants going around. These variants look to be clones of the notorious TDL4 malware reported by Bitdefender Labs.The new TDL dropper variants we saw...
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Neutrino: Caught in the Act
Last week, we got a tip from Kafeine about hacked sites serving injected iframes leading to an exploit kit. We thought it was quite interesting so we looked at one of the infected websites and found...
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Who Controls Free Expression in Cyberspace?
Monday's BBC News: Facebook lets beheading clips return to social network.On Tuesday, Facebook published a "Fact Check".Wednesday's BBC News: Facebook makes U-turn over decapitation video clip.U.K....
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TEDxBrussels
Mikko has been presenting on the topic of state surveillance of late.He'll soon be on stage at TEDxBrussels:Live stream: • tedxbrussels.euUpdated to add:If you've missed the live stream — don't...
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Rent-A-Hacker
An example of what can be found on the Deep Web:Click image to embiggen.This guy claims to be "a proffessional computer expert who could earn 50-100 euro an hour with a legal job."So the question is…...
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Are you ready for life in a smart_city?
All sorts of "smart city" data is available online these days.For example: here's a real time view of Helsinki's public transportation via HSL Live.And that's just the start. Why stop there?WeareData...
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Scary Copycat Apps on Google Play
All Hallows' Eve was yesterday — a.k.a. Halloween. And so naturally, there's an app for that. Or many apps as the case may be.Here's a series of apps designed to "scare your friends".This one has more...
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