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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:14 +0000
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| What’s under the Christmas tree? It’s worse than lumps of coal, it’s a not very festive assortment of tricks and scams designed to give you a festive season hangover. Categories: Tags: advertsbitcoinemailfacebookhitmanphishscamtech scamstech support scammerstech support scams |
The post Christmas tech scams roundup appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:01:27 +0000
Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000
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| Twitter announced in a blog post Monday that they discovered and addressed a security flaw in one of their support forms. The discovery was made on November 15—more than a month ago—and promptly fixed the next day. So why are we only hearing about it now? Categories: Tags: botnetbug bountychinaDIYDIY botnet kitsaudi arabiastenographysupporttwitterTwitter form |
The post Flaw in Twitter form may have been abused by nation states appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:23:10 +0000
Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). This post explores some reasons why this is the case, and why it can’t change fast enough. KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO). Only a little more than a third even listed a CTO in their executive leadership pages.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:00:57 +0000
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| We’ve heard people say Macs don’t get viruses for years, but we know that to be false. But what about Chromebooks? They’re totally safe, right? Think again. Categories: Tags: AndroidChromebook antimalwareChromebooks antivirusChromebooks malwareChromes OSGoogleGoogle Playmac malware |
The post Yes, Chromebooks can and do get infected appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000
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| Why would a criminal want to hack your phone? Perhaps the better question may be: Why wouldn’t they? We take a look at all the reasons hackers have for breaking into your most precious device—and what you can do to stop it. Categories: Tags: Androidappscryptomininghack your phonehackingiOSloapimining cryptocurrencyMobilemobile phonesmobile ransomwaremobile securityransomwareransomware attack |
The post All the reasons why cybercriminals want to hack your phone appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Joram Borenstein| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:00:56 +0000
How the U.S. insurance industry is aligning behind a cybersecurity framework in a fragmented, state-by-state, regulatory environment.
The post The challenges of adopting a consistent cybersecurity framework in the insurance industry appeared first on Microsoft Secure.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Windows Defender ATP team| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:52:09 +0000
Meet Jimmy. Jimmy is an employee in your company. He Does Things With Computers (official title). Last Wednesday, as Jimmy got out of his car after parking in the company-owned parking lot, he saw something on the ground. That something is a 512GB USB flash drive! Jimmy picks up the drive, whistling along to himself
The post Windows Defender ATP has protections for USB and removable devices appeared first on Microsoft Secure.
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