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Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:43:52 +0000
Once again ransomware attacks are on the rise and this can leave your systems vulnerable to critical data loss and breach. In fact, the recent outbreak of ransomware allows cyber criminals to easily gain access to your computer through Remote Desktop using brute-force technique, which is capable of cracking weak…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:57:20 +0000
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| Airline company Cathay Pacific revealed that a huge breach took place in March 2018, affecting around 9 million customers. We take a look at some of the potential fallout. Categories: Tags: airlinebreachBritish AirwaysBritish Airways casecathay pacificCathy Pacificdata |
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Credit to Author: Brendan Koerner| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:53:57 +0000
Prosecutors in California have filed 46 new counts against Tyler Barriss for bomb threats, fraud, and swatting incidents nationwide. He’s angling to get the case transferred to Kansas and intends to plead guilty.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:58:46 +0000
By using a personal iPhone instead of secured lines, President Trump makes it entirely too easy for China and Russia to spy.
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Credit to Author: Brian Varner| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000
Opinion: The fact that voter information is left on devices, unencrypted, that are then sold on the open market is malpractice.
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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:46:00 +0000
News of apparent mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats and CNN give way to a deluge of false reports, partisan finger-pointing, and bad-faith conspiracy theories online.
Read MoreCredit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| 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. Categories: Tags: bitcoinbtcemailsKrebsOnSecurityMalwarebytes ForumsphishingscamscammersscamssextortionSocial Engineering |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:36:35 +0000
In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss a pair of data breaches, a Tor SIM card, a leaky Tea Party AWS server, and more.
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