Cure53

Cure53 is a German cybersecurity firm.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

After a report from the firm on the South Korean security app Smart Sheriff, that described its security holes as "catastrophic", the South Korean government ordered the app to be shutdown.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Packrat malware targets dissidents, journalists in South America, Citizen Lab finds: Probe started after Packrat targeted Argentine special prosecutor found dead of gunshot wound, CBC News, 2015-12-09. Retrieved on 2016-01-09.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Max Lewontin. South Korea pulls plug on child surveillance app after security concerns: Government officials pulled Smart Sheriff, an app that lets parents track how their children use social media, from the Google Play store over the weekend, Christian Science Monitor, 2015-11-02. Retrieved on 2016-01-09. “But researchers from Citizens Lab, a research group based at the University of Toronto, and Cure53, a German software company, released two reports in September finding that Smart Sheriff had a variety of security issues that it made it vulnerable to hackers and put children and parents’ personal information at risk.”
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Raphael Satter, Youkyung Lee. South Korea shuts down child surveillance app over security concerns: The removal of the state-approved Smart Sheriff is a blow to South Korea's effort to keep closer tabs on the online lives of youth., Toronto Star, 2015-11-02. Retrieved on 2016-01-09. “Pulling the plug on Smart Sheriff was “long overdue,” said independent researcher Collin Anderson, who worked with Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab and German software auditing firm Cure53 to comb through the app’s code.”
↑ Andy Greenberg. The Free Encryption App That Wants to Replace Gmail, Dropbox, and HipChat, Wired, 2015-01-14. Retrieved on 2015-05-19.
↑ Timm Trevor. SecureDrop Undergoes Second Security Audit, 2014-01-20. Retrieved on 2014-07-13. “This time, we worked with the German security firm Cure53, who has previously done audits of GlobaLeaks, Mailvelope, and CryptoCat.”

[Cbc2015-12-09-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Packrat malware targets dissidents, journalists in South America, Citizen Lab finds: Probe started after Packrat targeted Argentine special prosecutor found dead of gunshot wound, CBC News, 2015-12-09. Retrieved on 2016-01-09.

[Csm2015-11-02-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Max Lewontin. South Korea pulls plug on child surveillance app after security concerns: Government officials pulled Smart Sheriff, an app that lets parents track how their children use social media, from the Google Play store over the weekend, Christian Science Monitor, 2015-11-02. Retrieved on 2016-01-09. “But researchers from Citizens Lab, a research group based at the University of Toronto, and Cure53, a German software company, released two reports in September finding that Smart Sheriff had a variety of security issues that it made it vulnerable to hackers and put children and parents’ personal information at risk.”

[TorStar2015-11-02-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Raphael Satter, Youkyung Lee. South Korea shuts down child surveillance app over security concerns: The removal of the state-approved Smart Sheriff is a blow to South Korea's effort to keep closer tabs on the online lives of youth., Toronto Star, 2015-11-02. Retrieved on 2016-01-09. “Pulling the plug on Smart Sheriff was “long overdue,” said independent researcher Collin Anderson, who worked with Internet watchdog group Citizen Lab and German software auditing firm Cure53 to comb through the app’s code.”

[Wired2015-05-19-4] Andy Greenberg. The Free Encryption App That Wants to Replace Gmail, Dropbox, and HipChat, Wired, 2015-01-14. Retrieved on 2015-05-19.

[second-audit-5] Timm Trevor. SecureDrop Undergoes Second Security Audit, 2014-01-20. Retrieved on 2014-07-13. “This time, we worked with the German security firm Cure53, who has previously done audits of GlobaLeaks, Mailvelope, and CryptoCat.”

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