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ZDNet: Samsung is expected to unveil its new Galaxy S5 next week, and before this reveal, SamMobile says it has "confirmed" the presence of a fingerprint scanner on the new device. According to the publication's inside sources, the South Korean electronics maker has implemented a fingerprint scanner that will work within the Galaxy S5's home button, rather than the entire display -- in a similar fashion to Apple's iPhone 5S. In order to unlock the smartphone, users...

Security Week: Microsoft said it is investigating an Internet Explorer vulnerability at the center of reports of attacks against IE 10. The company did not say when a patch would be available for users, but confirmed that the vulnerability also impacts Internet Explorer 9 as well. "We will take the necessary steps to protect customers; meanwhile, we recommend customers upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 for added protection," a Microsoft spokesperson told SecurityWeek.

Ghetto Forensics: Google already opens any standard ZIP file that is attached to emails. The ZIP contents are extracted and scanned for malware, which will prevent its attachment. This is why we password protect them. However, Google is now attempting to guess the password to ZIP files, using the password of 'infected'. If it succeeds, it extracts the contents and scans them for malware.  

The Register: Sync 'n’ share service Dropbox is available again in China almost four years after the Great Firewall decided to block it, but it may struggle to pull in punters given the large number of local rivals that have launched in the meantime. Dropbox was banned by the authorities in May 2010 in a typically Chinese way; without warning or explanation.

Naked Security: Google has acquired SlickLogin, an Israeli security startup. The company, formed by three graduates from the Israeli Defence Forces, develops alternative means of web-based authentication, focusing on sound waves as a means of verifying a user's identity.  

Infosecurity: News outlets, such as the BBC, are reporting that Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel "is proposing building up a European communications network to help improve data protection" and prevent European emails and other data passing through the United States where it can be, and has been, harvested by the NSA.   Most of the reports concentrate on emails. The implication is an intention to develop a European capability to keep emails and other communications within...

The Hacker News - Something unusual happened today, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Timeline Cover Photo is removed, as shown in the above Screenshot. The hacker has not provided any technical details about the vulnerability he used, but it seems that Zuckerberg has not noticed the removed Cover Photo on his profile.  

Computerworld - Hackers are circulating credentials for thousands of FTP sites and appear to have compromised file transfer servers at The New York Times and other organizations, according to a security expert. The hackers obtained credentials for more than 7,000 FTP sites and have been circulating the list in underground forums, said Alex Holden, chief information security officer for Hold Security, a Wisconsin-based company that monitors cyberattacks.  

Chicago Tribune - A flaw in recent versions of Internet Explorer was used to attack visitors to a website for U.S. military veterans, and also appears to have been used earlier against French aerospace industry employees, researchers said Friday. The flaw in Microsoft Corp's IE 10 Web browser was reported on Thursday, days after it was used inside the Web page of nonprofit U.S. group Veterans of Foreign Wars. The VFW said Friday that an unspecified...

The Hacker News - PandaLabs, the Cloud Security Company, has identified malicious Android apps on Google Play that can sign up users for premium SMS subscription services without their permission and so far it has infected at least 300,000 Android users, although the number of malicious downloads could have reached 4 times higher i.e. 1,200,000 users. The four apps found free in the app store that came packaged with a premium SMS scam that dubbed...