FTC hits retail firm for secretly tracking customers

Computerworld Security: April 24, 2015
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FTC hits retail firm for secretly tracking customers

A company that tracked retail store customers through their smartphones without
notifying them and without giving them a chance to turn off the tracking has
settled an FTC complaint that it didn't live up to its privacy promises.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731077/17/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=d67e8873

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft kicks off two-month Spartan bug bounty program
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731079/19/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=c77353ab

2. Crypto gurus: The government's key escrow plan won't work
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731080/20/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=bacf7a06

3. House passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731081/21/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=fcf91525

4. Update: Credit card terminals have used same password since 1990s
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731082/28/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=4a1d359b

5. Wi-Fi client vulnerability could expose Android, Linux, BSD, other systems to attacks
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731083/29/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=7cb25b5c

6. Malware used in White House and State Department hacks possibly linked to Russia
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731084/30/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=fd51a539


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Microsoft kicks off two-month Spartan bug bounty program

Microsoft today launched a short-term bug bounty program for its new Project
Spartan browser, saying entries would be accepted until June 22.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731079/32/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=4a9d7d4a

Crypto gurus: The government's key escrow plan won't work

World renowned cryptographers highlighted various reasons why creating a master
decryption key for the government to use is not practical.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731080/33/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=67cb28a9

House passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill

For the second time in two days, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to
pass a bill that would give legal protections to companies that share
cyberattack information.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731081/34/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=4c102f10

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Update: Credit card terminals have used same password since 1990s

A major vendor of payment terminals has been shipping devices for over two
decades with the same default password, according to researchers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731082/36/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=d02660bf

Wi-Fi client vulnerability could expose Android, Linux, BSD, other systems to attacks

A serious flaw in a component that's used to authenticate clients on Wi-Fi
networks could expose Android, Linux, BSD, and possibly Windows and Mac OS X
systems to attacks.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731083/37/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=537165c7

Malware used in White House and State Department hacks possibly linked to Russia

The group of attackers behind cyberintrusions at the White House and the State
Department last year used malware that bears strong similarities to
cyberespionage tools suspected to be of Russian origin.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9173291/823929835/731084/38/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=e175032b



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