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Ransomware Turns to Big Targets—With Even Bigger Fallout
A new generation of ransomware is wreaking havoc, whether you’re directly infected or not. The post Ransomware Turns to Big Targets—With Even Bigger Fallout appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCount the awards: Choosing an antivirus solution
How to avoid marketing tricks and make an informed choice when purchasing an antivirus solution.
Read MoreData Privacy Day – 10 tips to keep your data secure
Recognized annually on January 28th, Data Privacy Day is defined as a centered approach towards respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. It is a global effort to raise and promote awareness around protecting one’s data and privacy. With this thought in mind, we have put together these 10 security…
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Read MoreHow to make PC security alerts better? Make them twirl, jiggle
Have you ever ignored a security alert on your PC? You’re not the only one.
The warnings are designed to save us from malware infections and hacking risks, but often we’ll neglect them. It could be because we’re too busy or we’ve seen them too many times, and we’ve become conditioned to dismiss them — even the most serious ones, according to Anthony Vance, a professor at Brigham Young University.
Vance has been studying the problem and he’s found that introducing certain small but noticeable changes can make the alerts more useful — and harder to ignore.
“Our security UI (user interface) needs to be designed to be compatible with the way our brains work,” he said at the USENIX Enigma 2017 conference on Tuesday. “Not against it.”
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Trump stresses cybersecurity but postpones executive order
U.S. President Donald Trump called on government agencies to better protect their networks, but he delayed signing an executive order to kick-start a government-wide review of cybersecurity policy.
A draft copy of the order, leaked earlier, would give the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security 60 days to submit a list of recommendations to protect U.S. government and private networks.
Trump had been scheduled to sign the executive order Tuesday but canceled shortly before it was due to happen.
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Shopping for W2s, Tax Data on the Dark Web
The 2016 tax season is now in full swing in the United States, which means scammers are once again assembling vast dossiers of personal data and preparing to file fraudulent tax refund requests on behalf of millions of Americans. But for those lazy identity thieves who can’t be bothered to phish or steal the needed data, there is now another option: Buying stolen W-2 tax forms from other crooks who have phished the documents wholesale from corporations.
Spoofed Grindr Accounts Turned One Man’s Life Into a ‘Living Hell’
When someone started making fake Grindr profiles for Matthew Herrick, more than 700 men came to his home and work. The post Spoofed Grindr Accounts Turned One Man’s Life Into a ‘Living Hell’ appeared first on WIRED.
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