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Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:00:34 +0000

One year ago today, Equifax suffered what remains one of the largest and most impactful data breaches in U.S. history. Last September, it was revealed that the personal information of 145 million Americans, almost 700,000 UK citizens, and 19,000 Canadians was stolen by cybercriminals. This information included names, addresses, birthdays, Social Security numbers, and—in some…

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Kaspersky Security

September 6, 2018 admin

Are you OK with Facebook being a middleman between you and your bank?

Credit to Author: Tim Ayling| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:25:04 +0000

Facebook wants to be your financial service and wants your banking data. But do you want Facebook to have it?

Kaspersky Security

September 6, 2018 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 53

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:17:25 +0000

This edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast looks at Google and Mastercard sharing data, a hacked Chrome extension, and some thoughts from Captain Kirk.

Security Wired

September 6, 2018 admin

DoJ Charges North Korean Hacker for Sony, WannaCry, and More

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:12:11 +0000

The Department of Justice has taken its first legal action against North Korea’s cybercrimes, in a massive complaint made public Thursday.

Microsoft Security

September 6, 2018 admin

Small businesses targeted by highly localized Ursnif campaign

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:00:09 +0000

Cyber thieves are continuously looking for new ways to get people to click on a bad link, open a malicious file, or install a poisoned update in order to steal valuable data. In the past, they cast as wide a net as possible to increase the pool of potential victims. But attacks that create a

Security Wired

September 6, 2018 admin

Facebook and Twitter’s Biggest Problems Follow Them to Congress

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:48:25 +0000

As Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg testified before Congress, some of Twitter and Facebook’s most notorious trolls and misinformation artists watched on.

MalwareBytes Security

September 6, 2018 admin

Fortnite’s Google Play rebuff sparks security concerns for Android users

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We take a look at what’s going with gaming juggernaut Fortnite’s decision to snub the Google Play store, why allowing installs from unknown sources on Android is a bad idea, and what the future might bring if such a setup ever catches on.

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Security TrendMicro

September 6, 2018 admin

How to Clear the Cache on Your Mac

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:47:31 +0000

Have you ever wondered why your Mac is running slow? Does it freeze when performing even just the simplest of tasks? Does it take a while to launch and switch programs? Everybody has gone through this excruciating pain at least once. Even though the Mac is known to be a high-performance machine, it disappoints us…

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