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Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:15:34 +0000

For years, researchers have been poking holes in our audio output devices in the name of security and privacy. They’ve found many ways our headphones can be hacked or otherwise compromised. Learn what they discovered, and how you can secure your own.

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April 22, 2019 admin

Mueller Makes It Clear: Trump Was Worse Than a ‘Useful Idiot’

Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:14:08 +0000

The Mueller report exposes the extent to which not just Russia but Donald Trump’s own associates grifted the president.

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April 22, 2019 admin

A week in security (April 15 – 21)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:47:21 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 15–21, including an explanation of like-farming, Ellen DeGeneres scam, flaws in VPN services, funky malware formats found in Ocean Lotus, and more.

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April 22, 2019 admin

Extremely real: Why live video streaming is dangerous for children

Credit to Author: Sanjeev Nair| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:19:30 +0000

Video streaming is gaining momentum among children, and here’s what might be wrong about it.

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April 21, 2019 admin

Hackers Can Tell What Netflix ‘Bandersnatch’ Choices You Make

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Researchers have shown that even though Netflix encrypts its traffic, hackers can figure out your interactive movie choices.

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April 20, 2019 admin

Facebook Fails, Russian Hacks, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: WIRED Staff| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:00:00 +0000

The Mueller report, Facebook goofs, and more of the week’s top security news.

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April 19, 2019 admin

“Funky malware format” found in Ocean Lotus sample

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:00:52 +0000

Recently, one of our researchers presented at the SAS conference on “Funky malware formats”—atypical executable formats used by malware that are only loaded by proprietary loaders. In this post, we analyze one of those formats in a sample called Ocean Lotus from the APT 32 threat group in Vietnam.

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