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Credit to Author: Marina Mash| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:00:05 +0000

Scammers are sending tons of YouTube direct messages pretending to be from top YouTubers. They’re phishing. Here’s how the scheme works.

Security Sophos

February 11, 2019 admin

Extensión de Chrome avisa si las credenciales del usuario están comprometidas

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:15:40 +0000

Google escogió el Día de Inter Segura para anunciar Password Checkup, una extensión de Chrome diseñada para avisar a los usuarios cuando introducen un nombre de usuario y contraseña que la empresa ha detectado en alguna filtración. Al igual que el recientemente lanzado Mozilla Firefox Monitor, Password Checkup tiene un nivel superficial sencillo en el […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/uJitph82Rbs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Wired

February 10, 2019 admin

Cybersecurity Workers Scramble to Fix a Post-Shutdown Mess

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000

The shutdown may have ended two weeks ago, but federal cybersecurity professionals will be coping with its impact for a long time to come.

Security Wired

February 9, 2019 admin

An Apple-Hacking Teen, SIM-Swap Indictments, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Location data scandals, a Zcash bug, and more of the week’s top security news.

Kaspersky Security

February 8, 2019 admin

How cybercriminals harvest information for spear phishing

Credit to Author: Anastasiya Gridasova| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:16:34 +0000

Using only publicly available sources, how much can you find out about someone?

MalwareBytes Security

February 8, 2019 admin

Compromising vital infrastructure: communication

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:09:33 +0000

In the series about vital infrastructure we look at communication. How vital is it? How is malware a threat and even how does malware show us the way to secure communication?

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Security Wired

February 8, 2019 admin

Twitter Still Can’t Keep Up With Its Flood of Junk Accounts, Study Finds

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Meanwhile, two Iowa researchers built an AI engine they say can spot abusive apps on Twitter months before the service itself.

Security Wired

February 8, 2019 admin

Senators Grill Facebook, Google, and Apple Over Invasive Apps

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:30:00 +0000

Lawmakers want more information about Facebook’s Project Atlas program, which collected data from teens and sidestepped device makers’ privacy policies.