A Devious Phishing Scam Targets Apple App Store Customers
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:50:31 +0000
Be on the lookout for emails that claim to be from the App Store.
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Month: December 2018
What the US Can Learn from Israel and China’s Collaboration
Credit to Author: Scott Moore | Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000
Opinion: What we can learn from Israel’s surprising technological ties with China.
Read MoreThe Iran Hacks Cybersecurity Experts Feared May Be Here
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000
An uptick in potentially Iran-related hacking since the nuclear deal collapsed spells trouble for the US and allies.
Read MoreTwitter Abuse Toward Women Is Rampant, Amnesty Report Says
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:00:00 +0000
Frustrated by Twitter’s silence on abuse, Amnesty International crowdsources its own data and finds that the platform is especially toxic for black women.
Read MoreMicrosoft delivers emergency patch for under-attack IE
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:26:00 -0800
Microsoft rarely mentions Internet Explorer (IE) anymore, but when it does, it usually means bad news.
So it was Wednesday, when Microsoft issued a rare emergency security update to plug a critical vulnerability in the still-supported IE9, IE10 and IE11. The flaw was reported to Microsoft by Google security engineer Clement Lecigne.
According to Microsoft, attackers are already exploiting the vulnerability, making it a classic “zero-day” bug. Because of that, the company released a fix before the next round of security updates scheduled for Jan. 8.
These Christmas gifts and greetings are the worst
Credit to Author: Tatyana Shcherbakova| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:24:53 +0000
Why you shouldn’t open messages with e-cards from strangers, or believe that someone gave you an Amazon gift card for Christmas.
Read MoreTransatlantic Cable podcast, episode 69
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:29:06 +0000
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Vicente Diaz of Kaspersky Lab’s GReAT to discuss a review of APTs in 2018 and what 2019 may hold.
Read MoreThis online quiz is now confirmed to be a phishing scam
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:30:00 +0000
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| It’s dubbed the ‘Three Questions Quiz’ scam, and not only are people letting their guard down, but they’re also freely sharing it on social media, too. Do you think you have been duped by this before? Read on. Categories: Tags: a new era in phishingphishing quizphishing scamquiz-based phishing scamsurvey scamthree question quiz scamtyposquatting |
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