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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:41:41 +0000
A new indictment details how Russian agents camped outside hotels when remote hacking efforts weren’t enough.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:35:00 +0000
By only checking a file’s code signature when you install it—and never again—macOS gives malware a chance to evade detection indefinitely.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 10:10:33 +0000
In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast the teams from the Transatlantic Cable and Arabic podcasts team up to discuss privacy.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:00:27 +0000
Starting in September 2018, Microsoft began deprecating the SSL/TLS capability of Symantec root certificates due to compliance issues.
The post Microsoft partners with DigiCert to begin deprecating Symantec TLS certificates appeared first on Microsoft Secure.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Security researchers have detected the first known instance of a UEFI bootkit being used against government bodies in Central and Eastern Europe. The attack relies on a persistence mechanism stolen from a legitimate software called Computrace—essentially LoJack for computers—that comes by default on many machines. Categories: Tags: bootkitLojackLojaxUFEIXAgent |
The post LoJack for computers used to attack European government bodies appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 05:02:24 +0000
At a time when most of us are living in a virtual world, where we are connected to our friends and family mostly through social networking sites, imagine what it would be like to find your social media account hacked!! That’s exactly what happened with 50 million of Facebook users…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| We know about BYOD. What about BYOS? Is it a good idea to Bring Your Own Security, or use your own security solution on devices that you use for work? What if they are company owned? We walk companies and employees through the pros and cons of each. Categories: Tags: bring your own devicebring your own securitybusinessbyodbyospolicyvpn |
The post Bring your own security (BYOS): good idea or not? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000
While the presidential text that hits your phone Wednesday will be the first of its kind, it’s part of a decades-long lineage of official government Doomsday alerts.
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