VPN bypass vulnerability affects Android Jelly Bean and KitKat

Computerworld Security: January 29, 2014
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VPN bypass vulnerability affects Android Jelly Bean and KitKat

A vulnerability in Android allows malicious applications to bypass an active VPN
(virtual private network) connection and force traffic from the device through
an attacker-controlled system where it can be intercepted, according to security
researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Evan Schuman: App testing and sins of omission
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8846095/823929835/653978/19/

2. Obama administration forges deal with tech firms on data requests
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8846095/823929835/653979/20/

3. Robert L. Mitchell: Why there was no privacy in death
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4. Russian man pleads guilty in SpyEye malware case
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8846095/823929835/653981/28/

5. Preston Gralla: One benefit of Windows Phone: The NSA may not be snooping on you
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Evan Schuman: App testing and sins of omission

Starbucks released a mobile app that stored passwords in clear text. There's a
good chance that a lot of other companies just don't know whether they could
find themselves in the same situation.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8846095/823929835/653978/31/

Obama administration forges deal with tech firms on data requests

Technology companies will be allowed to reveal more details about government
data requests under a tentative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Robert L. Mitchell: Why there was no privacy in death


Almost every day it seems there's another revelation about what marketers,
social media, or the government know about people's lives. But the most shocking
development of late came last week with the news that OfficeMax had sent a bulk
mailing to the family of a recently deceased teenager, addressing it to "Mike
Seay/Daughter Killed in Car Crash/Or Current Business."
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Russian man pleads guilty in SpyEye malware case

Russian Aleksandr Andreevich Panin has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit
wire and bank fraud for his role as primary developer and distributor of the
SpyEye bank fraud Trojan, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
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Preston Gralla: One benefit of Windows Phone: The NSA may not be snooping on you


If you own a Windows Phone, the NSA may not bother to snoop on you, even as the
intelligence agency gathers vast amounts of information from apps leaking from
iOS and Android phones. In all of the revelations about the NSA and its British
counterpart collecting data leaking from phone apps, not a single mention has
been made of snooping on Windows Phones.
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