How Apple’s iCloud Private Relay Can Keep You Safe
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000
The newest security measure is still in beta. But if you want to make use of it, here’s what you need to know.
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How to keep your apps up to date in Windows 10 and 11
Credit to Author: Ed Tittel| Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0800
Look around a typical Windows desktop. Whether it’s running Windows 10 or 11, chances are that it’s running at least a couple of dozen Windows applications (.exe files), and at least four dozen Microsoft Store apps. On my local fleet of 10 PCs, the range for applications is from a low of 24 to a high of 120; for Store apps, it ranges from 49 to 81. Such numbers are quite typical, if my online research is at all accurate.
In general, it’s considered good security practice to keep apps and applications up-to-date. Why? Because many updates involve security patches and fixes that block potential attacks and prevent unauthorized and unwanted access to applications and their data (and sometimes, the host OS and the PCs they run on). In this story, I will offer some tools to help you streamline this process, along with some instructions on how to put them to work to help you keep your apps and applications current and safe.
A Teen Took Control of Teslas by Hacking a Third-Party App
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:29:31 +0000
Plus: Open source sabotage, Ukrainian website hacks, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read MoreWho Wrote the ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware Strain?
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:18:36 +0000
In December 2021, researchers discovered a new ransomware-as-a-service named ALPHV (a.k.a. “BlackCat”), considered to be the first professional cybercrime group to create and use a ransomware strain in the Rust programming language. In this post, we’ll explore some of the clues left behind by the developer who was reputedly hired to code the ransomware variant.
Read More20 years after Gates’ call for trustworthy computing, we’re still not there
Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 03:42:00 -0800
Do you feel more secure? Is your computing experience more trustworthy these days?
Seriously — you’re reading this article on a computer or phone, connecting to this site on an internet shared with your Grandma as well as Russian hackers, North Korean attackers, and lots of teenagers looking at TikTok videos. It’s been 20 years since then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates wrote his Trustworthy Computing memo where he emphasized security in the company’s products.
So are we actually more secure now?
I’m going to keep in mind the side effects from last week’s Patch Tuesday security updates and consider them in my answer. First, the good news: I don’t see major side effects occurring on PCs not connected to active directory domains (and I haven’t seen any showstoppers in testing my hardware at home). I can still print to my local HP and Brother printers. I can surf and access files. So, while I’m not ready yet to give an all-clear to install the January updates, when I do, I doubt you’ll see side effects.
Russia Takes Down REvil Hackers—as Ukraine Tensions Mount
Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:17:29 +0000
Over a dozen alleged members of the notorious ransomware group have been arrested, but the Kremlin’s critics are wary of the underlying motivation.
Read MoreScary Fraud Ensues When ID Theft & Usury Collide
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:48:40 +0000
What’s worse than finding out that identity thieves took out a 546 percent interest payday loan in your name? How about a 900 percent interest loan? Or how about not learning of the fraudulent loan until it gets handed off to collection agents? One reader’s nightmare experience spotlights what can happen when ID thieves and hackers start targeting online payday lenders.
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