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Johannes Dahse and Thorsten Holz on "Static Detection of Second-Order Vulnerabilities in Web Applications"

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• Facebook awards 'Internet Defense Prize' (New Vision, 8.20.14)
• Facebook awards 'Internet Defence Prize' to German researchers (ABCNews, 8.20.14)
• Facebook awards $50000 Internet Defense Prize for security research (ITProPortal.com, 8.21.14)
• Facebook awards 'Internet Defence Prize' to German researchers (CTV News, 8.21.14)
• Facebook slings $50k Internet Defense Prize™ at bug hunter duo (Register.com, 8.21.14)
• New Facebook Internet Defense Prize Pays Out $50000 Award (Threatpost.com, 8.21.14)
• $50K awarded for system that sniffs out Web app vulnerabilities (Networkworld.com, 8.22.14)
• Facebook Awards $50K for Inaugural Internet Defense Prize (InfoSecurity.com, 8.22.14)
• Facebook gives out $50000 for Inaugural Internet Defense Prize (PC Tech Magazine, 8.22.14)
• German researchers first to get Facebook's Internet Defense Prize (ITworld.com Canada, 8.22.14)

Tielei Wang on "On the Feasibility of Large-Scale Infections of iOS Devices" 

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• The biggest iPhone Security Risk Could Be Connecting to a Computer (PCWorld.com, 8.13.14)
• The Gyroscopes in Your Phone Could Let Apps Eavesdrop on ... (Wired, 8.14.14)
• The Gyroscope In Your Smartphone Can Be Easily Used To Spy On You (Gizmodo, 8.14.14)
• Don't think you're SAFE from Windows zombies just 'cos you have ... (The Register, 8.15.14)
• Gyroscopes in Android phones can be turned into always-on microphones (Geek, 8.15.14)
• Gyroscope In Your Phone Acts As A Microphone (Crazy Engineers, 8.15.14)
• Hackers transform a smartphone gyroscope into an always-on microphone (Engadget, 8.15.14)
• How spies could use your phone to eavesdrop on you (Tech Times, 8.15.14)
• Motion Sensors in Your Phone Could Eavesdrop on Your Conversations (YahooTech, 8.15.14)
• Researchers Figure Out How to Spy on Your Smartphone in a Way You'll Never See Coming (BGR, 8.15.14)
• Researchers Figure Out How to Spy on Your Smartphone in a way You'll Never See Coming (Yahoo News, 8.15.14)
• Researchers Hack Smartphone Gyroscope To Become A Microphone (video) (Geeky Gadgets, 8.15.14)
• Researchers Show How to Turn a Phones Gyroscope into a Crude Microphone for Eavesdropping (FierceWireless, 8.15.14)
• Your phone's gyroscope can listen to you with a hack (SlashGear, 8.15.14)
• Hackers Could Use Your Smartphone's Gyroscope as a Microphone to Listen In (Slate, 8.16.14)
• Snoops Could Hack Smartphone Gyros to Record Ambient Conversation (The New American, 8.16.14)
• New app reveals how your smartphone can spy on you without permission ... (RT Blog, 8.17.14)
• Your smartphone's gyroscope can be turned into an eavesdropping hacker's ... (Digital Trends, 8.17.14)
• Gyroscopes in Mobile Devices Can Act as Microphones: Censor that Sensor (Technabob, 8.18.14)
• Smartphones Could be Used to Spy on You (Angle Chronicle, 8.18.14)
• Smartphone gyroscopes could allow phone spying (Mobiletor.com, 8.19.14)
• Your phone can be snooped on via gyroscope (Computer Business Review, 8.22.14)
• iPhones, iPads ripe for the picking (NetworkWorld.com, 8.25.14)
• iPhones, iPads linked to Windows PC's are vulnerable to hacking ... (GMA News, 8.27.14)

Mathias Lécuyer on "XRay: Enhancing the Web’s Transparency with Differential Correlation"

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• New tool makes online personal data more transparent
 (Phys.org, 8.18.14)
• XRay: A New Tool for Tracking the Use of Personal Data on the Web (New York Times, 8.18.14)
• Just How Creepy Can Targeted Ads Get? New Tool Promises To ... (Readwrite, 8.19.14)

Keaton Mowery on "Security Analysis of a Full-Body Scanner"

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• Naked full-body scanners failed to detect weapons: study (New York Daily News, 8.20.14)
• Researchers can easily fool former TSA X-ray scanners and sneak in dangerous ... (BGR, 8.20.14)
• Researchers Easily Slipped Weapons Past TSA's X-Ray Body Scanners (Wired, 8.20.14)
• Study: TSA full-body scanners failed to detect guns, explosives (The Hill, 8.20.14) 
• Study: TSA Full-Body X-Ray Scanners Miss Guns, Explosives, Knives (CBS Local, 8.20.14)
• TSA body scanners can be easily breached for contraband (WallStreet OTC, 8.20.14)
• TSA Scanners That Saw You Naked Can Be Tricked to Miss Guns, Bombs (BusinessWeek, 8.20.14)
• Body scanner's problem: Fails to detect guns (CNN Money, 8.21.14)
• Got weapons? Nude body scanners easily defeated (Ars Technica, 8.21.14) 
• Researchers Uncover 'Glaring Vulnerabilities' In Full Body X-Ray Scanners (International Business Times, 8.21.14) 
• Retired US airport body scanners fail to spot guns, knives (CSO Online, 8.21.14)
• Retired US airport body scanners fail to spot guns, knives (Computerworld.com, 8.21.14) 
• Security researchers buy pornoscanner, demonstrate how to sneak in guns ... (Boing Boing, 8.21.14)
• Study: Body scanner detects private parts, not guns (NBC2 News, 8.21.14)
• Those TSA scanners were literally only good for seeing you naked (SlashGear, 8.21.14)
• TSA scanners can see you naked, but can't spot bombs and guns (Tech Times, 8.21.14)
• Airport Body Scanner Bought On EBay Raises Security Alarm (RedOrbit, 8.22.14)
• Report: Researchers Spoof TSA Airport Scanners (PC Magazine, 8.22.14)
• Researchers: Tests show TSA 'naked' body scanners can be easily fooled (RT Blog, 8.22.14)
• Researchers find security flaws in body X-ray scanners now used in some gov't ... (Fierce Homeland Security, 8.22.14)
• Security Researchers Lay Bare TSA Body Scanner Flaws (TechNewsWorld, 8.22.14)
• Vindication for TSA Body-Scanning Crusader? (PC Magazine, 8.22.14)

Qi Alfred Chen on "Peeking into Your App without Actually Seeing It: UI State Inference and Novel Android Attacks"

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• Android, Windows and iOS Vulnerability Allows 92 Percent Hack Success Rate ... (Hot Hardware, 8.21.14)
• Sneak Attack: Android Apps Can Ambush Each Other (Tom's Guide, 8.21.14)
• Sneak Attack: Android Apps Can Spy on Each Other
 (NBCNews, 8.21.14)
• Android app ambush: Researchers successfully hack Gmail 9 times out of 10 (Greenbot, 8.22.14)
• Bug claimed to leave Android apps hackable 90% of the time (Computer Business Review, 8.22.14)
• Cyber security experts find 92 percent successful Gmail hack (The Inquirer, 8.22.14)
• Gmail app hacked with 92 percent success rate (BETA News, 8.22.14)
• Gmail Hacked: Researchers Prove Infiltrating Popular Mobile Apps Is Easy [VIDEO] (International Business Times, 8.22.14)
• Gmail Smartphone App Vulnerabilty to Hackers Research Say (Fortune, 8.22.14)
• How to hack Gmail 92 percent of the time (ZDNET, 8.22.14)
• Malicious Android Apps Can Hack Gmail (PC Magazine, 8.22.14)
• Memory troubling you, Android? Surprise! Another data slurp vuln uncovered (Register, 8.22.14)
• Novel Method Can Hack Popular Apps With Up To A 92 Percent Success Rate (RedOrbit, 8.22.14)
• Researchers Find Android Apps Have The Ability To Attack Each Other (Techaeris, 8.22.14)
• Researchers hack Gmail app with 92% success rate (CNBC, 8.22.14)
• Researchers Hack Into Gmail and Other Apps With 92 Percent Accuracy (NDTV, 8.22.14)
• Researchers Hack Into Mobile Apps, Find Gmail Most Vulnerable While Amazon ... (Headlines & Global News, 8.22.14)
• Researchers' malware steals Gmail password, online banking data (CSO Online, 8.22.14)
• User beware: Researchers have 92% success rate hacking into Gmail app (RT, 8.22.14)
• A closer look at the Gmail smartphone app hack and its wider implications (ITProPortal, 8.23.14)
• New Hack: Your Personal Info From Gmail, Other Apps At Risk (WFMY, 8.23.14)
• Android attack improves timing, allows data theft
 (Ars Technica, 8.24.14)
• Researchers demo 92% success rate in hacking smartphone apps
 (FierceWireless, 8.24.14)
• Researchers Find Malicious Android Apps Can Hack Gmail
 (Top Tech News 8.24.14)
• Security researchers expose Gmail smartphone hack (Digital Trends, 8.24.14)
• Android Flaw Might Also Affect iOS, Windows (InformationWeek, 8.25.14)
• Is your Gmail smartphone app safe? (Computer Business Review, 8.25.14)
• Side-Channel Android Weakness Likely on Other Platforms (Threatpost, 8.25.14)
• Android Gmail App Found Vulnerable to Exploit (LatinPost, 8.26.14)
• Gmail can be hacked with 92 per cent success rate, says University of California (Peter Gothard, 8.26.14)
• Researchers Find Malicious Android Apps Can Hack Gmail (Newsfactor Week, 8.26.14)

Stevens Le Blond on "A Look at Targeted Attacks Through the Lens of an NGO"

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