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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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December 19, 2019 admin

Parting thoughts 3: taking security seriously

In the third of a five-part series of blog posts, departing VB Editor Martijn Grooten explains why he believes security vendors should take their products’ security more seriously.

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December 19, 2019 admin

VB2019 paper: Exploring the Chinese DDoS landscape

China has long been a hotbed of DDoS activities, and today we publish a VB2019 paper by Intezer researcher Nacho Sanmillan who looked at Chinese threat groups engaged in performing DDoS attacks. We have also uploaded the recording of his presentation.

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December 19, 2019 admin

Creditors Seek to Exhume the Body of a Dead Crypto Executive

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 22:21:16 +0000

Gerry Cotten took at least $137 million to the grave when he died without giving anyone the password to his encrypted laptop.

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December 19, 2019 admin

The Pentagon’s AI Chief Prepares for Battle

Credit to Author: Elias Groll| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 20:34:49 +0000

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan doesn’t want killer robots—but he does want artificial intelligence to occupy a central role in warfighting.

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Toys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance!

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids.

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December 19, 2019 admin

Mobile threat defense and intelligence are a core part of cyber defense

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:00:32 +0000

To safeguard company assets, organizations need to augment their global cyber defense strategy with mobile threat intelligence.

The post Mobile threat defense and intelligence are a core part of cyber defense appeared first on Microsoft Security .

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December 19, 2019 admin

Los aeropuertos en el punto de mira de los cibercriminales

Credit to Author: Sophos Iberia| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:34:02 +0000

Se acerca una fecha del año en la que muchos pasajeros cogerán un avión, ya sea para visitar a sus familiares o para aprovechar las vacaciones navideñas haciendo alguna escapada. La seguridad presente en los aeropuertos no solo se ha de limitar a la inspección de los pasajeros o al control del acceso, ya que […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/2X8RDoSLAFs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>