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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:54:28 +0000
Facebook’s effort to combine its major chat platforms could create minefields for users who rely on end-to-end encryption.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:24:00 +0000
The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against three U.S. men accused of swatting, or making hoax reports of bomb threats or murders in a bid to trigger a heavily armed police response to a target’s address. Investigators say the men, aged 19 to 23, all carried out the attacks with the help of Tyler Barriss, a convicted serial swatter whose last stunt in late 2018 cost an Oklahoma man his life. FBI agents on Wednesday arrested Neal Patel, 23, of Des Plaines, Ill. and Tyler Stewart, 19 of Gulf Breeze, Fla. The third defendant, Logan Patten, 19, of Greenwood, Mo., agreed to turn himself in. The men are charged in three separate indictments with conspiracy and conveying false information about the use of explosive devices.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:00:00 +0000
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| Ransomware is not dead. It’s changing—and we need to be ready for them. Categories: Tags: crytekkcrytekk ransomwarehybrid ransomwarepaypal phishingphishing |
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:50:59 +0000
The indictment of longtime Trump advisor Roger Stone allegedly sheds new light on where the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks intersected.
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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:00:00 +0000
David Carroll has been locked in a legal war to force the infamous company to turn over its files on him. He’s won a battle, but the struggle continues.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Sergey Soldatov| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:43:27 +0000
Burnout caused by routine is a problem not only for employees, but for the entire company.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| By identifying and detecting Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), Malwarebytes protects its users while giving them the right to choose whether they continue using their services. Learn why we do this, and how software programs can be reconsidered as legitimate under our PUP criteria. Categories: Tags: EnigmaMalwarebytespotentially unwanted programsPUP criteriaPUPsSpyHunter |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:00:09 +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 about new routines for encryption of JobCrypter ransomware. Also, understand how Emotet has managed to evolve into one of the most notorious cyber threats in existence….
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