av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 23, 2018 | Lästips
A total of 274 vulnerabilities were detected among the top 50 Android shopping apps, and all had security risks. The apps were tested across 34 different security testing categories. A total of 274 vulnerabilities were detected among the top 50 Android mobile shopping apps, and all had security risks. The apps were tested across 34 different security testing categories.
Källa: High-level vulnerabilities discovered in 84% of Android shopping apps – Help Net Security
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 21, 2018 | Lästips
It was getting late in Tomato Town. The storm was closing in, and meteors pelted the ground. 
Gizzard Lizard had made his way there after plundering the sparsely populated barns and domiciles of Anarchy Acres, then by avoiding the Wailing Woods and keeping the storm just off to his left. He spied an enemy combatant on high ground, who appeared to have a sniper’s rifle. In a hollow below the sniper’s perch was an abandoned pizzeria, with a giant rotating sign in the shape of a tomato.
Källa: How Fortnite Captured Teens’ Hearts and Minds
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 20, 2018 | Lästips
AN EXTREMELY STRANGE EPISODE that has engulfed official Washington over the last two weeks came to a truly bizarre conclusion on Friday night. And it revolves around a long-time, highly sketchy CIA operative, Stefan Halper.
Four decades ago, Halper was responsible for a long-forgotten spying scandal involving the 1980 election, in whoch the Reagan campaign – using CIA officials managed by Halper, reportedly under the direction of former CIA Director and then-Vice-Presidential candidate George H.W. Bush – got caught running a spying operation from inside the Carter administration.
Källa: The FBI Informant Who Monitored the Trump Campaign, Stefan Halper, Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in the 1980 Presidential Election
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 20, 2018 | Lästips
Den snurrade runt ute på nätet i mer än ett år innan den upptäcktes och det tog lång tid innan säkerhetsforskare visste vad programmet gjorde eller vad som var syftet med all denna kod.
Till slut kunde en av världens mest sofistikerade datamaskar analyseras och det visade sig vara ett välskrivet och genomtänkt program med ett enda syfte – slå ut Irans kärnkrafts- och kärnvapenprogram.
Läs den fascinerande historien om Stuxnet, en datamask som inte bara hade extremt välanpassade funktioner utan som också kan vara världens mest välskrivna kod.
What is the most sophisticated piece of software/code ever written?
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 20, 2018 | Lästips, Nyheter
EVERY WEEK IN Tokyo’s Ichigaya district, about two miles east of the bright neon lights and swarming crowds in the heart of Shibuya, a driver quietly parks a black sedan-style car outside a gray office building. Before setting off on a short 10-minute drive south, he picks up a passenger who is carrying an important package: top-secret intelligence reports, destined for the desks of the prime minister’s closest advisors.
Källa: The Untold Story of Japan’s Secret Spy Agency
av Mikael Winterkvist | maj 20, 2018 | Lästips
Researchers said a team of hackers tied to North Korea recently managed to get the Google Playmarket to host at least three Android apps designed to surreptitiously steal personal information from defectors of the isolated nation.
The three apps first appeared in the official Android marketplace in January and weren’t removed until March when Google was privately notified. That’s according to a blog post published Thursday by researchers from security company McAfee.
Källa: North Korea-tied hackers used Google Play and Facebook to infect defectors
