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Wanted: Testers For The Greatest Android App Ever

Okay… so the greatest Android app "ever" is a bit of friendly hyperbole. But still, it's a really is a great app. What app? Well, F-Secure Freedome of course (currently available for Android and...

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A Tale of Two Powerpoint Vulnerabilities

It's been already a week after the announcement of the CVE-2014-4114 vulnerability, and the tally of the exploiters have only increased.There are even files where the metadata has remained the same,...

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101 Bad Android Apps

Flash Player installers, so-called Android security updates, pirated games, and XXX-video players… there's almost never a shortage of suspicious Android apps. We have automation which analyzes such...

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It's Not a Game - It's a Violation of Human Dignity

Still don't set a passcode on your phone?From Matthias Gafni and Malaika Fraley at the Contra Costa Times:The California Highway Patrol officer accused of stealing nude photos from a DUI suspect's...

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Multi-language support: Not your everyday spam

Sometime during the beginning of the year, we have encountered a surge in Fareit spams. Fareit is a downloader used to deliver Zeus and Cryptowall.Lately, we have been noticing yet another downloader...

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Vote For Freedome Beta

We recently invited testers to try our Freedome VPN Beta for Android. Well, now it's even easier to try as it's now available on Play.The B is for Beta.This version of Freedome includes an App...

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Remember, Remember the Fifth of November

Remember remember the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason and plot.I see no reason why gunpowder, treasonShould ever be forgot…The Economist: How Guy Fawkes became the face of post-modern protestOn...

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What grade does your favorite app get?

Forbes'Parmy Olson published a short article about PrivacyGrade on Tuesday. What is PrivacyGrade?From PrivacyGrade's FAQ:The goal of PrivacyGrade.org is to help raise awareness of the behaviors that...

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OnionDuke: APT Attacks Via the Tor Network

Recently, research was published identifying a Tor exit node, located in Russia, that was consistently and maliciously modifying any uncompressed Windows executables downloaded through it. Naturally...

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Video: R.I.P. Internet #Slush14

Mikko gave an excellent presentation at Slush 2014 on Tuesday. Check it out!R.I.P. InternetAdditional Slush videos are available on YouTube. On 20/11/14 At 12:46 PM

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The Regin Espionage Toolkit

Regin is the latest in the line of sophisticated espionage toolkits used to target a range of organizations around the world. As already reported, it's one of the more complex pieces of malware...

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Out-of-Band Flash Player Update for CVE-2014-8439

Adobe has released an out-of-band update to fix a vulnerability in Flash Player which was reported by F-Secure.We discovered the vulnerability while analyzing a Flash exploit from an exploit kit...

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RATs threatening democracy activists in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has been in the headlines lately thanks to the Occupy central campaign (#occupycentral, #OccupyHK) and the umbrella revolution (#umbrellarevolution, #UmbrellaMovement). DPHK, Democratic...

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Wanted: Testers For The Greatest Android App Ever

Okay… so the greatest Android app "ever" is a bit of friendly hyperbole. But still, it's a really is a great app. What app? Well, F-Secure Freedome of course (currently available for Android and...

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A Tale of Two Powerpoint Vulnerabilities

It's been already a week after the announcement of the CVE-2014-4114 vulnerability, and the tally of the exploiters have only increased.There are even files where the metadata has remained the same,...

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101 Bad Android Apps

Flash Player installers, so-called Android security updates, pirated games, and XXX-video players… there's almost never a shortage of suspicious Android apps. We have automation which analyzes such...

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It's Not a Game - It's a Violation of Human Dignity

Still don't set a passcode on your phone?From Matthias Gafni and Malaika Fraley at the Contra Costa Times:The California Highway Patrol officer accused of stealing nude photos from a DUI suspect's...

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Multi-language Support: Not Your Everyday Spam

Sometime during the beginning of the year, we have encountered a surge in Fareit spams. Fareit is a downloader used to deliver Zeus and Cryptowall.Lately, we have been noticing yet another downloader...

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Vote For Freedome Beta

We recently invited testers to try our Freedome VPN Beta for Android. Well, now it's even easier to try as it's now available on Play.The B is for Beta.This version of Freedome includes an App...

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Remember, Remember the Fifth of November

Remember remember the fifth of NovemberGunpowder, treason and plot.I see no reason why gunpowder, treasonShould ever be forgot…The Economist: How Guy Fawkes became the face of post-modern protestOn...

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