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Researching the Psychology of Hackers

03

Dec

2015

Being the inspiration for “CSI: Cyber” is not likely an honor many people in the security field would be happy to claim. But this is exactly the tag line that cyber-psychologist Professor Mary Aiken is often given. As the director of the CyberPsychology Research Center (CPRC) in Dublin, she has an interesting viewpoint on cyber-criminals […]

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Damballa finds tools related to the malware that hit Sony

19

Nov

2015

Security company Damaballa said it has found two utilities that are closely related to capabilities seen in the destructive malware that hit Sony Pictures Entertainment last year. The utilities were discovered as Damballa was investigating a new version of the “Destover” malware, which rendered thousands of computers unusable at Sony after attackers stole gigabytes of […]

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Trojanized Android apps flood third-party stores, compromise phones

05

Nov

2015

Attackers are creating rogue versions of popular Android applications that compromise the security of devices and are extremely hard to remove. Researchers from mobile security firm Lookout have found more than 20,000 samples of such trojanized apps. They’re typically fully functional copies of top Android applications like Candy Crush, Facebook, Google Now, NYTimes, Okta, SnapChat, […]

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