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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:57:20 +0000

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.

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Security Wired

October 25, 2018 admin

The Feds Just Hit Notorious Swatter Tyler Barriss With 46 New Charges. He Intends to Plead Guilty

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.

Security Wired

October 25, 2018 admin

Trump’s Personal iPhone Would Be a National Security Risk

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.

Security Wired

October 25, 2018 admin

I Bought Used Voting Machines on eBay for $100 Apiece. What I Found Was Alarming

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.

Security Wired

October 25, 2018 admin

Democrat Mail Bomb Scares Are a Perfect Misinformation Storm

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.

MalwareBytes Security

October 25, 2018 admin

Sextortion emails: They’re probably not watching you

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

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.

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Tags: bitcoin btc emails KrebsOnSecurity Malwarebytes Forums phishing scam scammers scams sextortion Social Engineering

Kaspersky Security

October 25, 2018 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 60

Credit 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.

Security TrendMicro

October 25, 2018 admin

The Patching Problem: Best Practices for Maintaining Up-to-Date Systems

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:00:54 +0000

“Update ready to be installed.” IT teams and business stakeholders are probably familiar with this notification, or something like it. After all, software updates are nothing new: Whenever a vendor makes improvements or includes new capabilities on a previously-released platform, it comes with a software update. But boosting existing features aren’t the only reason that patching…

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