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Bliss
Farewell…Obituary: Windows XP dies at 12 1/2 after long illness.R.I.P. On 08/04/14 At 02:04 PM
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Admins: why not review config standards as you fix Heartbleed?
As you have to update your SSL anyway, why not make sure your configuration is up to modern standards?There has been plenty of noise about Heartbleed, so if you're an admin, you already know what to...
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Lame "SEO" Android Apps Claim To Be Antivirus
On Sunday, Android Police (a popular news and review site) published a post on "Virus Shield"— an app which reached top ranking in Play, and yet, was a complete fraud. In a follow up, DailyTech did...
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F-Secure and David Hasselhoff
We first blogged about David Hasselhoff in 2011 (see: Don't hassle the Hoff on F-Secure's watch).The case from 2011 involved a remote access trojan which had a feature called "David Hasselhoff...
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Browlock Goes Russian
In a surprising turn of events, it appears that Browlock is now targeting Russians.If for some reason, some unfortunate fellow ends up in an infected site that has been prepended with the Browlock...
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Q1 2014 Mobile Threat Report
Our Mobile Threat Report for Q1 2014 is out! Here's a couple of the things we cover in it:The vast majority of the new threats found was on Android (no surprise there), which accounted for 275 out of...
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Doing threat analysis big data while preserving user privacy.
Anti-Virus industry has changed a lot during that past 4-7 years, we like other companies, used to be very file signature and file scanning oriented back in 2008 or so. And as that obviously did not...
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Video: NEXT Berlin
Mikko spoke at NEXT Berlin yesterday:And the video is now online: Arms Race. [24m15s] On 06/05/14 At 12:31 PM
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Mikko at re:publica 2014:re:publica 2014 - Looking for FreedomAdd your thoughts here: F-Secure Digital Freedom Manifesto. On 08/05/14 At 12:48 PM
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Microsoft SIR v16
Microsoft recently released volume 16 of its Security Intelligence Report. If you're serious about security issues, SIR is a must read.And whad'ya know… Finland is once again among the healthiest...
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"Police Ransomware" Expands To Android Ecosystem
Crimeware has steadily transferred Windows-based technology to Android. We've seen phishing, fake-antivirus scams, banking trojan components, and now… ransomware.Yep. "Police ransomware" on Android....
View ArticleOn The Right To Be Forgotten
According to Google, the "right to be forgotten" is "logistically complicated."Last Week Tonight's John Oliver clarifies the issue here:Last Week Tonight : Right To Be ForgottenOn 20/05/14 At 12:23 PM
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Three Lessons We've Learned From Our Facebook Partnership
On Tuesday, Facebook Security announced its new effort to make malware cleanup easier. And we're very happy to be part of that effort. F-Secure is one of two vendors now partnered with Facebook do to...
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ProTip: Use Apple? Turn Passcode On!
Interesting Apple security news is being reported today. Apparently some Apple devices have been hijacked via Apple's "Find My iPhone" feature. How? Likely via poorly defended iCloud accounts, i.e.,...
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The Finnish Sprayer virus
This virus analysis was published exactly 20 years ago in the Virus Bulletin magazine.Republished with the kind permission of Virus Bulletin Ltd. On 02/06/14 At 12:51 PM
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How much money did GameOver ZeuS steal?
Wanted by the FBI: Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev a.k.a. "slavik".Finally… a face and a name to go with an infamous alias.Yesterday, the FBI announced a multi-national effort against the operator of...
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Don't Ask For Your Privacy
June 5th: a day to Reset the Net.Don't ask for your privacy. Take it back.How?Give software such as the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere a try.More software suggestions are available via Reset the Net's Privacy...
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Fake Pirate Bay Uses Tricks To Push Unwanted Software
This is piratebay.com.It's a cheap knockoff imitation of The Pirate Bay.If you "search" for something — you'll be offered a custom named executable to download.Buried at the bottom of the page is this...
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We've Set Up a One-Click Test For GameOver ZeuS
Today we've published a new, quick way to check if your computer is infected by GameOver ZeuS (GOZ). Last week the GOZ botnet was disrupted by international law enforcement together with industry...
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