MalwareBytes – Page 299 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

For any American company taking steps outside the US market, global data privacy compliance is a question of risk versus reward.

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April 1, 2019 admin

Compromising vital infrastructure: water management

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Water management is an essential part of our infrastructure. Loss of it can lead to service outages, diseases, and famine. So the cybersecurity should be top notch.

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April 1, 2019 admin

A week in security (March 25 – 31)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:24:19 +0000

A roundup of news stories from March 25 – 31, including phishing, hacking, Government studies, mobile dangers on official stores and more.

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March 29, 2019 admin

Awakening the beast: BatMobi adware

Credit to Author: Nathan| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

BatMobi is an Advertisement Software Developer Kit (Ad SDK) that was once clean and safe to use, but suddenly began serving adware in January. Learn more about this elusive threat, including how to clean it off pre-installed apps on mobile devices.

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March 28, 2019 admin

US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year.

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March 27, 2019 admin

Location data leaks from family tracking app database

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

An app called Family Locator exposed the personal information and locations of 280,000 users in real time, including children. How did this happen? And how can app developers avoid it in the future?

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March 27, 2019 admin

Facebook’s plain text misstep, and other password sins

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Yes, Facebook’s recent error in password handling was egregious. But there’s more than one way to abuse user data. We take a look at various missteps in credential management and how businesses can improve practices.

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