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Microsoft enables China to spy on Skype users via keyword triggers

Microsoft enables China to spy on Skype users via keyword triggers
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Microsoft
  • University of New Mexico student Jeffrey Knockel claims to have revealed an encrypted list of 1,100+ keywords within China's Skype client, TOM-Skype. This list, containing words like "BBC" and phrases like "Democratic Unionist Party", are suspected to be used for…

UPnP flaws place millions of networks in danger

UPnP flaws place millions of networks in danger
  • Posted January 29, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Several security vulnerabilities found within common UPnP implementations have prompted experts at Rapid 7 to recommend the public disable UPnP entirely. Research spanning several months in 2012 revealed that over 2 percent -- or about 50 million -- of all…

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