Holiday Shopping Scams: ‘Tis the Season for Data Protection
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 23:51:38 +0000
As the shopping season hits its stride, here are a few of the most pervasive threats to be aware of.
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Tech Talk: Uber hack, Google tracks, AWS packs (in China) … and Firefox is back
Our tech panel looks at how Uber (secretly) handled last year's hack and the controversy around Google's decision to track Android users' locations. Then it's time to discuss why AWS is selling off hardware in China and what Mozilla is up to with its new Firefox Quantum.
Persistent drive-by cryptomining coming to a browser near you
Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:00:10 +0000
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| If you think closing your browser window to leave a site that runs a cryptominer will stop the mining process, think again. Persistent drive-by cryptomining has arrived. Categories: Tags: coinhiveCryptojackingcryptominingDrive-by miningmoneropopunder |
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Read MoreApple apologizes, issues Mac login security patch
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:33:00 -0800
With great apology, Apple has rushed to respond to the appalling macOS High Sierra security flaw, issuing a software update that has been made immediately available for download and will be automatically installed in existing Macs.
‘We greatly regret’
Apple has shared the following statement:
“Security is a top priority for every Apple product, and regrettably we stumbled with this release of macOS.
“When our security engineers became aware of the issue Tuesday afternoon, we immediately began working on an update that closes the security hole. This morning, as of 8:00 a.m., the update is available for download, and starting later today it will be automatically installed on all systems running the latest version (10.13.1) of macOS High Sierra.
What to do about Apple’s shameful Mac security flaw (updated)
Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 04:13:00 -0800
Complacency and incompetence are the biggest computer security threats, and Apple’s latest Mac security flaw seems to combine both of these. The flaw means anyone with physical access to your Mac can get inside the machine and tinker with it.
UPDATE (29 November 9:30am PDT): Apple has issued an apology and a patch to rectify this problem, more details here.
What’s the problem with macOS High Sierra?
The problem (which first got disclosed here) was first revealed in a Tweet by Lemi Orhan Ergin, who wrote:
Expensify’s Use of Amazon Mechanical Turk Reveals Privacy Risks Behind AI
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:42:33 +0000
As a recent flare-up around Expensify shows, behind every AI that analyzes your data, teams of human workers pick up the slack.
Read MoreSerious macOS vulnerability exposes the root user
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 16:00:02 +0000
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| A major macOS vulnerability in High Sierra was reported. Anyone can log in as “root” with an empty password. Learn more. Categories: Tags: AppleHigh SierramacOSmacOS vunerabilityroot user |
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Read MoreThe FCC’s Net Neutrality Comments Included Millions of Fake Emails and More
Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000
A new analysis of the FCC’s net neutrality comment period shows millions of fake or duplicate email addresses and other alarming absurdities.
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