Syrian rebels use caged captives as 'human shields' AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)(cached at November 2, 2015, 11:58 pm)

Prisoners believed to be regime officers used as shield near Damascus as Assad forces intensify bombing of rebel areas.
Google Patches More Stagefright Vulnerabilities In Android Slashdotby samzenpus on google at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at November 2, 2015, 11:32 pm)

msm1267 writes: The Stagefright vulnerabilities are the gifts that keep on giving. Months after the potentially devastating security flaws in the mobile OS were publicly disclosed, Google continues to send out patches addressing vulnerabilities related to the initial reports. Today's monthly Android security bulletin includes a fix for another flaw in the Stagefright media playback engine, one in libutils where the Stagefright 2.0 vulnerabilities were found, and two in Android Mediaserver where all the vulnerable code runs. The over-the-air update was released today to Google's Nexus devices and will be added to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository in the next two days; Google partners including Samsung were provided the patches on Oct. 5, Google said, adding that the vulnerabilities are patched in Build LMY48X or later, or in Android Marshmallow with a patch level of Nov. 1.

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Preparing an Effective Response to an Information Security Breach (InfoRiskToday) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 11:28 pm)

Kevin Spacey, WISeKey team up to raise cyberawareness (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 11:28 pm)

VIDEO: ISS: 15 years orbiting the earth BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:58 pm)

The International Space Station is marking the 15th anniversary of humans being on board.
VIDEO: Ten whales beached in Calais BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:58 pm)

Ten long-finned pilot whales are found stranded on a beach in Calais, with three surviving and returning to sea.
F-Secure launches bug bounty program with max reward valued at nearly $17,000 (SC Ma SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:58 pm)

Project Zero: Hack The Galaxy: Hunting Bugs in the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (Reddit) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:58 pm)

WoW64 Bypassing EMET (Reddit) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:58 pm)

Kaspersky says CoinVault and Bitcryptor done (SC Magazine) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:58 pm)

Tor Releases Messenger Beta For Secure Chat Slashdotby samzenpus on privacy at January 1, 1970, 1:00 am (cached at November 2, 2015, 10:32 pm)

An anonymous reader writes: The anonymous community Tor Project has released a beta version of its Tor Messenger app – a chat platform which it intends to promote among users concerned with digital privacy and security. Like the onion routing Tor Browser, the app has been designed to protect the location and the routing data of the user, and transferred information via the open source Off-The-Record (OTR) protocol.

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S Africa police filmed 'shooting unarmed suspect dead' AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:28 pm)

Four police officers surrender themselves after surveillance video of them shooting a suspected robber is broadcast.
How will Turkey’s president consolidate his power? AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:28 pm)

Despite the AK Party winning a surprise victory in Sunday's poll, Erdogan's ambitions for further power appear thwarted.
2015 Healthcare Breach Response Study - The Results (InfoRiskToday) SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:28 pm)

Secret team of hackers claim $1 million bounty for remotely jailbreaking iOS 9 (Yaho SANS ISC SecNewsFeed(cached at November 2, 2015, 10:28 pm)