Month: October 2018

MicrosoftSecurity

Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox

Credit to Author: Windows Defender Research| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:10:18 +0000

Windows Defender Antivirus has hit a new milestone: the built-in antivirus capabilities on Windows can now run within a sandbox. With this new development, Windows Defender Antivirus becomes the first complete antivirus solution to have this capability and continues to lead the industry in raising the bar for security. Putting Windows Defender Antivirus in a

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Scammers use old browser trick to create fake virus download

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

A file downloaded to your computer says it’s a virus but turns out to just be a ploy used by tech support scammers.

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SecurityTrendMicro

This Week in Security News: Toll Fraud & Small Business Struggles

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 14:00:27 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn why telecommunications fraud has turned into a multi-billion euro criminal industry. Also, understand what cybersecurity struggles small businesses still face after the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act…

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QuickHealSecurity

Ransomware attacks through Remote Access is on rise. Secure your system now!!

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:43:52 +0000

Once again ransomware attacks are on the rise and this can leave your systems vulnerable to critical data loss and breach. In fact, the recent outbreak of ransomware allows cyber criminals to easily gain access to your computer through Remote Desktop using brute-force technique, which is capable of cracking weak…

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Well, do you trust 'em or don't you?

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 03:00:00 -0700

Flashback a few decades to the days when this pilot fish is a supervisor in the call center for a big mail-order PC company.

“Our agents were privy to a customer’s credit card information right in the call tracking system,” says fish. “We trusted 600 agents with nearly unlimited access to this customer information without ever a single theft from our people.”

But the call center manager decides the operation needs a way to approve replacement parts to be shipped to customers.

That leads to a new process: When a call-center agent is sending a simple part — say, a new mouse or inexpensive sound card — the agent types in his badge number, then must turn his head to get his supervisor’s attention.

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