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A vigilante hacker may have built a computer worm to protect the IoT

20

Apr

2017

Is a vigilante hacker trying to secure your IoT device from malware? The mysterious developer behind a growing computer worm wants people to think so.
The worm, known as Hajime, has infected tens of thousands of easy-to-hack products such as DVRs, internet cameras, and routers. However, the program so far hasn’t done anything malicious.

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Samsung’s squashing of malicious Tizen smart TV bugs is turning messy

10

Apr

2017

After 40 critical vulnerabilities on Samsung’s Tizen — used in smart TVs and smartwatches — were exposed this week by Israeli researcher Amihai Neiderman, the company is scrambling to patch them. But Samsung still doesn’t know many of the bugs that need to be patched. It’s also unclear when Tizen devices will get security patches, or if older Tizen devices will even get OS updates to squash the bugs.

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F-Secure buys Little Flocker to combat macOS ransomware

07

Apr

2017

With attacks against Mac users growing in number and sophistication, endpoint security vendor F-Secure has decided to acquire Little Flocker, a macOS application that provides behavior-based protection against ransomware and other malicious programs. Little Flocker can be used to enforce strict access controls to a Mac’s files and directories as well as its webcam, microphone and other resources.

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A vigilante hacker may have built a computer worm to protect the IoT

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