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Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:52:12 +0000
The SHA-1 hash function is broken. This isn’t news. What is news is that a practical attack has been demonstrated Keep in mind that “practical” is used in cryptographers terms and those terms don’t necessarily have an impact on your daily IT use. The news has been making the rounds as IT teams, journalists, and…
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:12:36 +0000
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| Steer clear of this fake FBI message regarding your “locked” iCloud account. It’s nothing more than a get rich quick scam, and the people behind it are looking to cash in at your expense. Categories: Tags: Applebitcoinemailfbiicloudphishscam |
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Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:44:00 -0800
Google’s Project Zero team has disclosed a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer because Microsoft has not acted within Google’s 90-day disclosure deadline.
This is the second flaw in Microsoft products made public by Google Project Zero since the Redmond giant decided to skip this month’s Patch Tuesday and postpone its previously planned security fixes until March.
Microsoft blamed the unprecedented decision to push back scheduled security updates by a month on a “last minute issue” that could have had an impact on customers, but the company hasn’t clarified the nature of the problem.
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Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:43:00 -0800
The new chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will seek a stay on privacy rules for broadband providers that the agency just passed in October.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will ask for either a full commission vote on the stay before parts of the rules take effect next Thursday or he will instruct FCC staff to delay part of the rules pending a commission vote, a spokesman said Friday.
The rules, passed when the FCC had a Democratic majority, require broadband providers to receive opt-in customer permission to share sensitive personal information, including web-browsing history, geolocation, and financial details, with third parties. Without the stay, the opt-in requirements were scheduled to take effect next week.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:53:28 +0000
One of the biggest internet infrastructure companies leaked sensitive data for up to five months. The post Massive Bug May Have Leaked User Data From Millions of Sites. So … Change Your Passwords appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Kevin Mitnick| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:00:29 +0000
Want to become invisible online? Start with your emails. The post Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Dana Torgersen| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:00:25 +0000
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| Malwarebytes was proud to once again take part in this spectacular week-long event. Thousands of customers, new businesses, students, press, and industry analysts made their way to our new booth to catch our giant threat theater presentation, see a demo, grab a new collectible T-shirt, and say “Hi” to our robot (who was officially named ZERO). Categories: Tags: cybersecurityMalwarebytes EventsransomwareRSARSA ConferenceRSA Conference 2017 |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:45:55 +0000
I’ve been fascinated with the rise and fall of exploit kits, especially the ones that are really popular that disappear seemingly overnight. Angler was one that at one point, contributed 59.5% in the total exploit kit activity for 2015. But now it’s presumed dead as of June 2016 after the arrest of a hacker gang….