How to Protect Your Phone Against a SIM Swap Attack
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Your phone number is increasingly tied to your online identity. You need to do everything possible to protect it.
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A Costly CIA Mistake, a Campaign Hack, and More Security News This Week
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 13:00:00 +0000
New cyberwar policy, body scanners in Los Angeles, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read moreTaking Away John Brennan’s Clearance Threatens National Security
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 20:00:49 +0000
When Trump strips a former CIA director’s security clearance, the impact is more than just symbolic.
Read moreHow risky is the Internet? Researchers say 42%
Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 20:18:39 +0000
Almost half of the most-visited websites open visitors to potential dangers. What can you do?
Read moreWhat you need to know for Patch Tuesday, August 2018
Credit to Author: Andrew ODonnell| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:16:44 +0000
With 23 critical vulnerabilities addressed in patches from Microsoft and Adobe, August is turning out to be a good month for updates — but don’t delay installing them.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/_Fw-RIvgU1s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreA Bot Panic Hits Amazon Mechanical Turk
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:38:35 +0000
Concerned social scientists turned their analytical skills onto one of their most widely used research tools this week: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Read moreLiar, liar, pants on fire! Barclays phish claims cards explode
Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:00:02 +0000
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| We feel compelled to relay the dire warning from this Barclays snail-mail letter, which we acquired through social media, therefore it must be true.
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Read moreHijacking online accounts through voicemail
Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:50:43 +0000
When it comes to online accounts, voicemail is a major security hole. Here’s why.
Read moreThis Week in Security News: Banks and Botnets
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:29:54 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the FBI warned U.S. banks of a wide-scale cybercrime campaign called “ATM cash-out,” in which hackers use cloned ATM cards for fraudulent withdrawals. Also, a botnet called…
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Read moreAndroid malware that combines a Banking Trojan, Keylogger, and Ransomware in one package
Credit to Author: Gajanan Khond| Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:12:09 +0000
This malware has all basic functionalities of the Android banker along with additional features like call forwarding, sound recording, keylogging and ransomware activities. It has the ability to launch user’s browser with URL received from the C&C server. It repeatedly opens the accessibility setting page until the user switches ON the ‘AccessibilityService’. The…
Read moreAV-Comparatives: Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android Provides 100% Malware Protection for Mobile Users
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 20:13:17 +0000
With the introduction of Android v8.0 (Android Oreo) in August of 2017, among other OS improvements Google introduced its built-in malware protection for Android call Play Protect (dependent on Google Play Services 11 or later). Play Protect checks apps and APK files downloaded from Google Play or third-party sources, using real-time and on-demand scanners, while…
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