March 2019 – Page 3 – Computer Security Articles

This Week in Security News: Cybersecurity Skills Gap and Legislature

March 29, 2019 admin Current News, Europol, Huawei, IoT, Pwn2Own, Security

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:00:16 +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 how the cybersecurity skills gap is affecting organizations. Also, learn how a bipartisan bill is working to close the gap. Read on: What Hacker History Can…

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ComputerWorld Independent

With its Apple Card, Apple edges further into financial services

March 29, 2019 admin apple, BlockChain, Financial Services Industry, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Apple’s Monday announcement of a credit card – the Apple Card – represented a natural progression of the company’s journey into financial services that began with the Apple Wallet app and its contactless digital payment service, Apple Pay.

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The Apple Card, as described by the company this week, will offer users some attractive features: up to 3% cash back on daily purchases, no late or international transaction fees, and a physical chipped card make of titanium (sans any credit card numbers – just your name and an Apple symbol).

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Kaspersky Security

GitHub key leaks and how to prevent them

March 28, 2019 admin API keys, Business, GitHub, leaks, SMB, tokens

Credit to Author: Sergey Golubev| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:16:38 +0000

Hundreds of thousands of tokens and cryptographic keys have been discovered on GitHub. We explain why this is bad and how to avoid a leak.

Security Wired

HTTPS Isn’t Always As Secure As It Seems

March 28, 2019 admin Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:00:00 +0000

A surprising number of high-traffic sites have TLS vulnerabilities that are subtle enough for the green padlock to still appear.

Kaspersky Security

Using WinRAR? Install this update right away

March 28, 2019 admin bug, malware, news, phishing, Threats, Vulnerability, windows, winRAR

Credit to Author: Marina Mash| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:39:30 +0000

A bug in WinRAR allows malefactors to gain full control over your device. All they need you to do is unpack a rigged RAR file.

MalwareBytes Security

US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally

March 28, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California Consumer Privacy Act, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, comprehensive data privacy law, comprehensive data privacy legislation, Consumer Data Protection Act, data broker, Data Care Act, Data Dissemination Act, Data Privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, federal legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Klobuchar, Marco Rubio, privacy, Ron Wyden, Rubio, Schatz, Senator, statewide legislation, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year.

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Security Sophos

Sophos acerca a los hogares la inteligencia artificial predictiva para evitar los ciberataques

March 28, 2019 admin Actualidad, nota de prensa, Soluciones, Sophos

Credit to Author: Sophos Iberia| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:03:45 +0000

Sophos ha incorporado inteligencia artificial predictiva para la detección de malware en Sophos Home Premium para PC con el objetivo de detectar y bloquear malware conocido y desconocido antes de que se ejecute. Esta nueva versión de Sophos Home Premium para PC aprovecha la misma tecnología de inteligencia artificial predictiva desarrollada para los productos de […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/P60rSoy4k9w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Ciberdelincuentes están atacando el plugin para WordPress Easy WP SMTP

March 28, 2019 admin Actualidad, vulnerabilidad, wordpress

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:11:05 +0000

Dos grupos de hackers tienen como objetivo webs con versiones sin actualizar del plugin para WordPress Easy WP SMTP. Easy WP SMTP se ha instalado más de 300.000 veces y se promociona como un plugin que permite a las webs de WordPress enviar correos masivos a través de servidores SMTP acreditados para asegurarse que no […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/hGaKa3ZmTTM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>