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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:00:44 +0000
The simplest thing you can do to make yourself just a little bit safer: Keep your firmware up to date. The post How to Update All Your Gear (For Safety!) appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: David Strom| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 04:23:00 -0700
Email encryption products have made major strides since we last looked at them nearly two years ago. They have gotten easier to use and deploy, thanks to a combination of user interface and encryption key management improvements, and are at the point where encryption can almost be called effortless on the part of the end user.
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:28 +0000
To get to the bottom of a devious form of phone-based fraud, a group of researchers scammed the scammers. The post Listen to ‘Tech Support’ Scam Calls That Bilk Millions Out of Victims appeared first on WIRED.
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Network World contributing editor David Strom provides a roundup of how to enable data leak prevention features on three email security platforms.
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:00:44 +0000
The simplest thing you can do to make yourself just a little bit safer: Keep your firmware up to date. The post The Easiest Way To Protect Your Devices From Hacks? Keep Them Updated appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 12:00:32 +0000
Whenever there’s a hack, one of the first questions is how the attackers got in. For the answer, look to the attack surface. The post Hacker Lexicon: What Is an Attack Surface? appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:00:45 +0000
Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: A One-Stop Guide to Zero-Day Exploits appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2017 04:00:00 -0800
Everybody’s freaking out over the Wikileaks revelations that the Central Intelligence Agency can hack Apple and Android smartphones, major PC operating systems — and even TV sets.
The news is causing ripples in international relations and got companies like Google and Apple to patch holes and issue fixes.
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