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A tool for exploiting known Struts vulnerabilities is available on Chinese hacker forums, Trend Micro researchers said
Patch fixes a cryptography flaw in Android that may affect hundreds of thousands of applications
A platform called ExecScent can seek and block bot calls to command-and-control servers
IBM is also setting up a cyber security software lab in Israel
Microsoft acknowledges problems with KB 2876063, KB 2859537, KB 2873872, KB 2843638, KB 2843639, and KB 2868846, all released earlier this week
Lavar Levison says pulling plug on secure email service purportedly used by Edward Snowden was lesser of two evils
The EU and the US should also accelerate data protection agreement talks, German Chancellor Merkel says
Recently released Firefox-based browser is supposed to circumvent censorship and blockades, but performance is spotty
Symantec found that tens of thousands of other applications use the Android component and may be affected
Windows optional security updates restrict use of MD5-based certificates and improve Remote Desktop Protocol network-level authentication