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| | | Security Watch June 12, 2013 | | | | |
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Want to Make Anonymous Phone Calls? Keep It Simple
If the revelations that Verizon (and perhaps other telcomms) is handing over customer call records to the federal government has you scrambling for your tinfoil hat, there is a simple way to make sure those government spies have no idea who you are calling.
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Don't Want to Be Spied On? Think About Encryption
The twin disclosures last week about the National Security Agency's extensive surveillance program accomplished something that no amount of SecurityWatch posts could ever have accomplished: It got regular Internet users talking about encryption.
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Microsoft, FBI Join Forces; Cripple Half Billion Dollar Citadel Botnet
Rejoice! The Citadel botnet has fallen! The computers it once enslaved are free, and the world will be set right. Well, not quite, but Microsoft announced yesterday that they'd partnered with the FBI and other organizations to take 1,462 known, independent Citadel botnets offline.
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Apple Fixes Serious Flaws You Didn't Know About in OS X
Apple fixed a number of serious vulnerabilities in OS X, the Safari Web browser, and a handful of third-party packages as part of a substantial update. The patches are available on Software Update and users should make sure the fixes are applied immediately.
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Is Your Antivirus Working?
You don't have to start a fire to check whether the smoke detectors in your house are doing their job. You just press the test button for a quick verification. Now you can test your antivirus protection in much the same way.
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Premium SMS Services in This Week's Dangerous Android Apps
Bad Android apps frequently sign unsuspecting users up for premium rate SMS services. When you receive your cell phone bill, you see unexplained charges from unknown services. Cancelling these premium-rate services is frequently a drawn-out process.
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