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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

Krebs on Security

The Army told Reuters it removed an app containing Pushwoosh in March, citing “security concerns.” ” The Army app was used by soldiers at one of the nation’s main combat training bases. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA), and Britain’s Labour Party.” THE PINCER TROJAN CONNECTION.

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Why No HTTPS? Here's the World's Largest Websites Not Redirecting Insecure Requests to HTTPS

Troy Hunt

As of today, Google begins shipping Chrome 68 which flags all sites served over the HTTP scheme as being "not secure" This is because the connection is, well, not secure so it seems like a fairly reasonable thing to say! What's so special about this little island nation with a population of only 10k people?