Popular Chrome VPN extension Hola at center of massive botnet attack

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Popular VPN browser extension Hola has a feature users might not know about. Not only does it sell your bandwidth to third parties, that bandwidth can be hijacked and used to attack others.

Security review finds no critical flaws in Truecrypt 7.1a

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The second, larger audit of TrueCrypt 7.1a has concluded, with no sign of the software-breaking flaw that its creators warned was there. What’s this mean for the future of the code and the program’s many users?

Verizon owners can finally opt out of supercookies — here’s how

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Verizon has finally added the ability to opt out of its highly controversial supercookie tracking program, but the move is unlikely to satisfy privacy advocates — and it’s part of a wider trend towards comprehensive data gathering on customers.

Windows PCs vulnerable to Stuxnet attack — five years after patch

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A new security patch update from Microsoft closes security holes that the company left five years ago from Stuxnet. We’ve all been insecure this entire time.