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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:34:00 +0000

Security researchers suspect that Iran has spent the last two years pilfering data from telecoms, governments, and more.

Security Wired

January 11, 2019 admin

Your Old Tweets Give Away More Location Data Than You Think

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:58:54 +0000

Researchers built a tool that can predict where you live and work, as well as other sensitive information, just by using geotagged tweets.

Security TrendMicro

January 11, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: Adware and Ransomware

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:23:08 +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, learn about an adware that disguised itself as different apps and monitors mobile devices. Also, learn more about the different ransomware attacks Trend Micro has been tracking….

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MalwareBytes Security

January 10, 2019 admin

Social Security Number scammers are at it again

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:05:26 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission recently released a warning about a sharp increase in Social Security Number scammers. Have you gotten one of their robocalls? Here’s how to recognize the scam and what to do about it.

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Security Wired

January 10, 2019 admin

Carriers Swore They’d Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 00:43:55 +0000

Months after Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon promised to stop selling user location data, the practice continues.

Security Wired

January 10, 2019 admin

A Growing Frontier for Terrorist Groups: Unsuspecting Chat Apps

Credit to Author: Rita Katz| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Opinion: As Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube crack down on extremist propaganda, ISIS recruiters are exploiting lesser-known messenger apps.

Microsoft Security

January 10, 2019 admin

Best practices for securely using Microsoft 365—the CIS Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark now available

Credit to Author: Jonathan Trull and Sean Sweeney| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:00:50 +0000

The Center for Internet Securitys (CIS) Microsoft 365 Foundations Benchmark provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure baseline configuration for Microsoft 365.

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Kaspersky Security

January 10, 2019 admin

How to hack a hardware cryptocurrency wallet

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:56:02 +0000

Security researchers found several ways to compromise hardware cryptocurrency wallets made by Ledger and Trezor.