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Here’s What a Samsung Galaxy S7 Hacked with Ransomware Looks Like

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A couple of months ago we reported about an Android-based LG Smart TV had its screen bricked after a critical ransomware infection. Now, a series of similar attacks is taking place against Samsung Galaxy S7 devices, in which hackers are infecting Galaxy S7 models with malware, locking out screens and demanding ransom payments. These attacks are currently raising […]

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Legal peril looms over companies hoping to acquire CIA intel from WikiLeaks

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A cloud of uncertainty hangs over a cohort of private companies that hope to receive software vulnerability information from WikiLeaks, according to top national security lawyers. “The law is unsettled as to whether tech companies can receive stolen, classified information from WikiLeaks for the purpose of patching security vulnerabilities that the CIA has allegedly been exploiting,” said Edward McAndrew, a former federal cybercrime prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern District of Virginia. The transparency organization published thousands of internal, classified CIA documents two weeks ago in an effort to highlight apparent contradictions between how the U.S. government values digital espionage capabilities over the security and privacy of private technology companies. In a press conference live-streamed to Twitter on March 9, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange claimed he would work with affected technology companies by privately providing them with executable code and other technical details that had been redacted from the […]

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Half of Android Devices Unpatched Last Year

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Google said half of Android devices are unpatched and that percentage of potentially harmful apps on phones installed from all sources rose in 2016. Continue reading Half of Android Devices Unpatched Last Year→

News in brief: Yahoo ‘was spear-phished’; McDonald’s Twitter hijacked; Samsung moots face recognition for payments

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WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools

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WikiLeaks on Tuesday dropped one of its most explosive word bombs ever: A secret trove of documents apparently stolen from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing methods of hacking everything from smart phones and TVs to compromising Internet routers and computers. KrebsOnSecurity is still digesting much of this fascinating data cache, but here are some first impressions based on what I’ve seen so far. Continue reading WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools→

WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools

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WikiLeaks on Tuesday dropped one of its most explosive word bombs ever: A secret trove of documents apparently stolen from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing methods of hacking everything from smart phones and TVs to compromising Internet routers and computers. KrebsOnSecurity is still digesting much of this fascinating data cache, but here are some first impressions based on what I’ve seen so far. Continue reading WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools→