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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:49:17 +0000
A new indictment asserts a long string of attacks against hundreds of universities and private companies, in which Iran pilfered more than $3 billion worth of intellectual property.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Sergey Lurye| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:16:00 +0000
Those 50 million Facebook profiles were already harvested
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:31:26 +0000
The City of San Diego, Calif. is suing big three consumer credit bureau Experian, alleging that a data breach first reported by KrebsOnSecurity in 2013 affected more than a quarter-million people in San Diego but that Experian never alerted affected consumers as required under California law. The lawsuit, filed by San Diego city attorney Mara Elliott, concerns a data breach at an Experian subsidiary that lasted for nine months ending in 2013. As first reported here in October 2013, a Vietnamese man named Hieu Minh Ngo ran an identity theft service online and gained access to sensitive consumer data held by Experian’s subsidiary by posing as a licensed private investigator.
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Credit to Author: Matthew Phillion| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:21:42 +0000
Ransomware may still be wreaking havoc, but we’ve got everything you need to stop it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Os1P1o4M6Ko” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:51:08 +0000
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| Scammers are using the good name of the recently deceased scientist Stephen Hawking to lure potential victims into a 419 scam, complete with a quiz and large cash prize for the winner. Categories: Tags: 419fakemailquizscamspamStephen HawkingStephen Hawking scam |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:05:44 +0000
Back in 2005, there were a number of us in a conference room in Austin, Texas working to determine how we would structure it, what we would name it, and how to deal with the potential backlash that would come after we announced it. What is it? I’m referring to our Zero Day Initiative. It’s…
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:52:00 -0700
“Hey, Cortana.” (Pause.) “Is my PC working yet?”
It’s getting to the point that patches come flying out of Microsoft on any odd day. On most odd days, for that matter. Yesterday, Thursday, was no exception. On March 22 we saw all of these new patches:
All three of the active versions of Win10 got cumulative updates — the second set in the past two weeks:
We also got Servicing Stack Updates for two of the three active versions of Win10:
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:49:52 +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, 62 percent of IT decision makers report that on-premises security is safer than the cloud, and a new report says 68 percent of businesses are not confident…
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