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Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Yes, those sextortion email scams using old passwords are still making the rounds. How can you spot a real sextortion attempt from an empty threat? And when should you report to authorities? Read on to find out.

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October 24, 2018 admin

Exploit kits: fall 2018 review

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:10:54 +0000

With a fresh exploit kit in town, the drive-by download landscape shows new signs of life in fall 2018.

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Tags: anti exploit AZORult EK EKs exploit kit exploit kits exploits Fallout Fallout EK grandsoft GrandSoft EK Magnitude magnitude EK ramnit Ramnit Trojan RIG RIG EK smoke loader Smoke Loader Malware Underminer Underminer EK

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October 24, 2018 admin

Mac malware intercepts encrypted web traffic for ad injection

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:00:43 +0000

New Mac malware has been found that intercepts encrypted traffic for the purpose of injecting ads into web pages. But could this adware be used for more devious purposes in the future?

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Tags: adware mac Mac adware macOS malware mitm

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October 23, 2018 admin

Compromising vital infrastructure: how voting machines and elections are vulnerable

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000

What are our options for secure and honest election results? Should we be using voting machines or are there better alternatives?

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Tags: compromising voting machines Denial of Service attacks elections infrastructure machines voting Voting machines

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October 22, 2018 admin

A week in security (October 15 – 21)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:23:14 +0000

A roundup of the security news from October 15–21, including how to build your own security camera, the FIDO standard, Twitter information operations, and our Q3 CTNT report.

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October 18, 2018 admin

Information operations on Twitter: new data released on election tampering

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

New information released by Twitter sheds fresh light on the various professional troll campaigns deployed alongside the 2016 presidential elections.

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Tags: 2016 US elections datasets election tampering fake stories iran russia Russian Facebook ads Social Engineering twitter

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October 17, 2018 admin

Is FIDO the future instrument to prove our identity?

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:52:03 +0000

FIDO, which stands for Fast Identity Online, is set of standards that enable simpler and more secure user authentication across websites and mobile services. Does this mean the end of passwords? Time will tell.

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Tags: authentication ctap fido fido2 password passwords webauthn

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October 16, 2018 admin

How to build your own motion-activated security camera

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Attention makers! Are you looking for a challenging project that not only gets your gears grinding but helps to keep you secure while traveling? Welcome to the build-your-own security camera tutorial.

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