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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000
While the presidential text that hits your phone Wednesday will be the first of its kind, it’s part of a decades-long lineage of official government Doomsday alerts.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:00:00 +0000
Alphabet subsidiary Jigsaw is using a new app to give DNS encryption protections to any Android smartphone from the last seven years.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:15:21 +0000
What a week it was in Orlando! Ignite is always a biggie, and this one was no exception. At this year’s event we put even greater emphasis on providing attendees with access to engineering experts throughout more than 100 focused sessions, workshops, and hands-on immersion experiences for the latest technologies in security.
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Lynette Owens| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 16:29:34 +0000
During the month of October, we celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This long-running annual event is all about raising awareness about the importance of protecting our information and privacy online. And for some of us who may have allowed our good habits to lapse, it offers a chance to refresh our knowledge. Although the…
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:43:51 +0000
As part of the Windows 10 Updates, Microsoft has now come up with a new update for Windows 10 PCs. It’s called Windows 10 October 2018 Update. This post lists down some of the highlights of this particular update and Quick Heal’s compatibility with the OS. Highlights of the Windows…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Prashant Tilekar| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 10:05:14 +0000
Nowadays attackers are searching for new techniques to spread malware, recently we came across a new emerging way to deliver malware through IQY file. Till now we had seen spread of malware through various file types and chains such as Word document, Script, JAVA files. Fig 1: Attack chain IQY file…
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:42:24 +0000
A ridiculous number of companies are exposing some or all of their proprietary and customer data by putting it in the cloud without any kind of authentication needed to read, alter or destroy it. When cybercriminals are the first to discover these missteps, usually the outcome is a demand for money in return for the stolen data. But when these screw-ups are unearthed by security professionals seeking to make a name for themselves, the resulting publicity often can leave the breached organization wishing they’d instead been quietly extorted by anonymous crooks.
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Credit to Author: SSD / Ori Nimron| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:03:44 +0000
Vulnerabilities Summary Android 8.1 has introduced the new feature of a default printing service. This service, based on the very similar, freely available Mopria Alliance Print Service on the Google Play Store, suffers from a lack of validation which can lead to both man in the middle attacks and subsequent interception of print jobs, as … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Android Printing Man in the Middle Attack
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