February 2019 – Page 3 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Ludovic Debuchy| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:48:30 +0000

The true cost of unplanned downtime In industrial and manufacturing environments, equipment failures can significantly affect the bottom line. In fact, analysts have found that downtime can cost the average… Read more »

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Watch Michael Cohen Testify Before Congress Right Here

February 27, 2019 admin Security

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:41:00 +0000

On Wednesday morning, the former Trump fixer will appear before the House Oversight Committee to share everything he knows about Trump’s business practices.

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Email Scammers Ditch Wire Transfers for iTunes Gift Cards

February 27, 2019 admin Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:31:22 +0000

Business email compromise attacks are increasingly targeting nonprofits, and bilking them for iTunes gift cards.

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5 Key Takeaways From Michael Cohen’s Testimony to Congress

February 27, 2019 admin Security

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:08:30 +0000

Michael Cohen testifies before the House Oversight committee, and brings the receipts.

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US Hackers’ Strike on Russian Trolls Sends a Message—but What Kind?

February 27, 2019 admin Security

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:49:53 +0000

US Cyber Command’s takedown of the Internet Research Agency’s network may be more about signaling than immediate effects.

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Holes in 4G and 5G Networks Could Let Hackers Track Your Location

February 27, 2019 admin Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:56:59 +0000

New research shows how nearby attackers can see where you are, send you spoofed carrier messages, and more.

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Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?

February 27, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California, California Consumer Privacy Act, Consumer Data Protection Act, Consumer Privacy Act, Credo, Credo Mobile, DuckDuckGo, duty to care, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Florida, GDPR, google, Hawaii, human right, Marco Rubio, Minnesota, Oregon, pay-for-privacy, privacy, protonmail, Ron Wyden, targeted ads, targeted advertising, Twitter

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:04:22 +0000

As the US considers new data privacy laws, at least two new proposals include calls to exchange money for privacy—an unwelcome bargain for users. Before pay-for-privacy becomes law, privacy as a right should become industry practice.

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Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

February 26, 2019 admin chronopay, Dmitry Dokuchaev, Georgi Fomchenkov, kaspersky lab, Ne'er-Do-Well News, pavel vrublevsky, Pharma Wars, Ruslan Stoyanov, Sergei Mikhailov

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:43:41 +0000

A Russian court has handed down lengthy prison terms for two men convicted on treason charges for allegedly sharing information about Russian cybercriminals with U.S. law enforcement officials. The men — a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab — were reportedly prosecuted for their part in an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky, a convicted cybercriminal who ran one of the world’s biggest spam networks and was a major focus of my 2014 book, Spam Nation.