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Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 05:55:01 +0000

Popular image-sharing site Imgur has issued a notification through its official blog about a security breach that impacted 1.7 million users. This breach had occurred back in 2014. The company learned about this from security researcher Troy Hunt. What was compromised in the Imgur security breach? Data of 1.7 million Imgur…

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Security Wired

November 26, 2017 admin

The Military Should Teach Artificial Intelligence to Watch Drone Footage

Credit to Author: Ted Johnson| Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Opinion: The Pentagon collects so much surveillance footage that humans can’t watch all of it. It’s time to deploy AI.

Security Wired

November 25, 2017 admin

Android Location Snooping, Uber Hack Coverup, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Google acknowledged this week that Android devices communicate the nearest cell tower, even after you turn off location services and remove the SIM card.

ComputerWorld Independent

November 25, 2017 admin

Why we can’t trust smartphones anymore

Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 02:00:00 -0800

Your smartphone may contain secret “features” that leave you vulnerable.

I’m not talking about accidental design flaws that hackers might exploit. Security issues have always existed. They represent a cat-and-mouse game between malicious actors, who try to break smartphone security, and the smartphone industry, which tries to identify and fix the accidental vulnerabilities that make phones susceptible to hackers. Nothing new about that.

What I’m talking about is a new phenomenon — a trend we’ve learned about only in the past few weeks.

I’m talking about design decisions made by smartphone companies that cause phones to do things invisibly, behind the scenes and behind your back, that make phones potentially less secure.

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Independent Krebs

November 24, 2017 admin

Name+DOB+SSN=FAFSA Data Gold Mine

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:55:03 +0000

KrebsOnSecurity has sought to call attention to online services which expose sensitive consumer data if the user knows a handful of static details about a person that are broadly for sale in the cybercrime underground, such as name, date of birth, and Social Security Number. Perhaps the most eye-opening example of this is on display at fafsa.ed.gov, the Web site set up by the U.S. Department of Education for anyone interested in applying for federal student financial aid.

Kaspersky Security

November 24, 2017 admin

Websites see everything you do

Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:52:19 +0000

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

Security Wired

November 24, 2017 admin

What Amazon Echo and Google Home Do With Your Voice Data—And How to Delete It

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here’s what they listen to—and how to delete it.

QuickHeal Security

November 24, 2017 admin

Massive campaign delivering Monero Miner via compromised websites – an analysis by Quick Heal Security Labs

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 07:21:16 +0000

Ransomware outbreaks have been on the rise for quite some time now but suddenly we are observing a change in this trend. Seems like the rise observed in cryptocurrency valuations especially for Bitcoins is making attackers to go after cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrency miner malware have become hot attack vectors for…

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