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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:39:55 +0000
The apparent assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother sets off alarms for chemical weapons experts. The post Killing Kim Jong Nam With VX Nerve Agent Crossed a ‘Red Line’ appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 21:21:24 +0000
In another strange tale from the kinetic-attack-meets-cyberattack department, earlier this week I heard from a loyal reader in Brazil whose wife was recently mugged by three robbers who nabbed her iPhone. Not long after the husband texted the stolen phone — offering to buy back the locked device — he soon began receiving text messages stating the phone had been found. All he had to do to begin the process of retrieving the device was click the texted link and log in to the phishing page mimicking Apple’s site.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:52:12 +0000
The SHA-1 hash function is broken. This isn’t news. What is news is that a practical attack has been demonstrated Keep in mind that “practical” is used in cryptographers terms and those terms don’t necessarily have an impact on your daily IT use. The news has been making the rounds as IT teams, journalists, and…
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:12:36 +0000
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| Steer clear of this fake FBI message regarding your “locked” iCloud account. It’s nothing more than a get rich quick scam, and the people behind it are looking to cash in at your expense. Categories: Tags: Applebitcoinemailfbiicloudphishscam |
The post Fake FBI mail: “Send us $112 or we’ll lock your iCloud account” appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:44:00 -0800
Google’s Project Zero team has disclosed a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer because Microsoft has not acted within Google’s 90-day disclosure deadline.
This is the second flaw in Microsoft products made public by Google Project Zero since the Redmond giant decided to skip this month’s Patch Tuesday and postpone its previously planned security fixes until March.
Microsoft blamed the unprecedented decision to push back scheduled security updates by a month on a “last minute issue” that could have had an impact on customers, but the company hasn’t clarified the nature of the problem.
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Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:43:00 -0800
The new chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will seek a stay on privacy rules for broadband providers that the agency just passed in October.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will ask for either a full commission vote on the stay before parts of the rules take effect next Thursday or he will instruct FCC staff to delay part of the rules pending a commission vote, a spokesman said Friday.
The rules, passed when the FCC had a Democratic majority, require broadband providers to receive opt-in customer permission to share sensitive personal information, including web-browsing history, geolocation, and financial details, with third parties. Without the stay, the opt-in requirements were scheduled to take effect next week.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:53:28 +0000
One of the biggest internet infrastructure companies leaked sensitive data for up to five months. The post Massive Bug May Have Leaked User Data From Millions of Sites. So … Change Your Passwords appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Kevin Mitnick| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:00:29 +0000
Want to become invisible online? Start with your emails. The post Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online appeared first on WIRED.
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