Smart home apocalypse
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:30:00 +0000
At MWC 2018, Kaspersky Lab researchers show how easily a smart home can be hacked.
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MIRUS – a cryptomining virus
Credit to Author: Preksha Saxena| Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 09:59:54 +0000
Cryptocurrencies are all the vogue now. This has resulted in the emergence of increasing cryptocurrency mining activities. Several platforms make mining services available to users. One such platform that provides JavaScript cryptocurrency miners for websites is CoinHive. Recently, we have analyzed a virus that infects user files with mining scripts. CoinHive is…
Read MoreSophos Mobile 8: secure your devices and endpoints with ease
Credit to Author: Petter Nordwall| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:39:55 +0000
We’re at Mobile World Congress 2018 and ready to unveil Sophos Mobile 8.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/eU6EKi5e4l4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreReplay Sessions From Mixpanel and Others Have Recorded Passwords
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:32:02 +0000
Analytics services are unintentionally collecting a mass of passwords and other sensitive data, new research shows.
Read MoreA week in security (February 19 – February 25)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:36:02 +0000
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| A roundup of notable news stories from February 19–25, including drive-by download attacks on Chinese websites, Deepfakes programs being paired with cryptominers, and a review of GDPR guidelines. Categories: Tags: avzhanddosdeepfakesfraudgdprimpersonationKrebsOnSecurityrecapsecuityweekly blog roundup |
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Read MoreBest practices for securely moving workloads to Microsoft Azure
Credit to Author: Jenny Erie| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:00:04 +0000
Azure is Microsofts cloud computing environment. It offers customers three primary service delivery models including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Adopting cloud technologies requires a shared responsibility model for security, with Microsoft responsible for certain controls and the customer others, depending on the service
Read MoreThe state of malicious cryptomining
Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:08:03 +0000
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| From malware coin miners to drive-by mining, we review the state of malicious cryptomining in the past few months by looking at the most notable incidents and our own telemetry stats. Categories: Tags: coin minerscoin-haveCoinbasecoinhivecrypto-lootcryptocurrencycryptominingdrive-bymalvertisingmalwaremonero |
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Read MoreVPN 101 – Part 1: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe and Protect Your Privacy Online
Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:00:01 +0000
The Internet is a wonderful thing. But we all know there are also risks lurking around every corner. We want to protect ourselves from malware and identity theft, prevent third-party trackers and advertisers slurping our private information, and keep our kids safe when browsing. One way to do this is to use a virtual private…