A Clever Radio Trick Can Tell If a Drone Is Watching You
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000
A quirk of video compression lets spy targets see what the drone watching them sees.
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Skype Introduces End-to-End Encrypted Texts and Voice
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:36:54 +0000
After years of lingering questions about Skype’s commitment to protecting user data, it will soon offer end-to-end encryption to its 300 million monthly users.
Read MoreCongress Renews FISA Warrantless Surveillance Bill For Six More Years
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:19:31 +0000
The House of Representatives Thursday strengthened spying powers authorized under Section 702 of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act.
Read MoreWPA3 will secure Wi-Fi connections in four significant ways in 2018
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:30:00 +0000
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| At CES this week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced WPA3, the newest security protocol for Wi-Fi devices. WPA3 includes four new security capabilities and is the most significant upgrade to Wi-Fi security since 2004. Categories: Tags: CESIoT securityWi-Fiwifi allianceWPA3 |
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Read MoreAlleged creator of Fruitfly indicted for 13 years of spying
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:43:44 +0000
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| A 28-year-old Ohio programmer is charged with creating the Fruitfly malware to spy on thousands of unsuspecting victims and produce child pornography. Categories: Tags: child pornographyfruitflyfruitfly creator indictedmalware |
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Read MoreTransatlantic Cable podcast, episode 19
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:18:19 +0000
In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss Olympic phishing, medical records hacked, police giving away infected USB drives and more.
Read MoreTippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 8, 2018
Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:09:44 +0000
Last week, three interesting vulnerabilities popped up on the news and security feeds. Researchers disclosed CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715, collectively known as Spectre, and CVE-2017-5754, known as Meltdown. These vulnerabilities take advantage of “speculative execution” of instructions performed by many modern microprocessors and can potentially allow an unprivileged attacker to read privileged memory allocated to the…
This Week in Security News: Meltdowns and Hijacks
Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:00:41 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, we saw discussions on the vulnerabilities of chat bots and AI programs, and the types of software that may not be safe from malware and hackers. Read…