Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 54
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:45:57 +0000
This edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast looks at the latest — a British Airways hack and Facebook’s litigation.
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Are you OK with Facebook being a middleman between you and your bank?
Credit to Author: Tim Ayling| Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:25:04 +0000
Facebook wants to be your financial service and wants your banking data. But do you want Facebook to have it?
Read MoreA week in security (August 20 – August 26)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:06:17 +0000
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| A roundup of the security news from August 20 – 26, including a look at insider threats, several breaches, and what tech giants Google and Facebook are doing about their privacy issues. Categories: Tags: a week in securitybadgelifecobalt dickenscybersecuritycybersecurity awarenessdigital entropy of deathelectionsfacebookGooglegreen card scamprivacyproject insecurityransomwarerecapryuksearch browser extensionssuperdrugthe lazarus grouptwitchvulnerabilitiesweekly blog roundup |
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Read MoreFor 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 17:22:41 +0000
mSpy, the makers of a software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than a million paying customers spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, has leaked millions of sensitive records online, including passwords, call logs, text messages, contacts, notes and location data secretly collected from phones running the stealthy spyware. Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.
Read MoreInstagram’s New Security Tools are a Welcome Step, But Not Enough
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 22:59:39 +0000
Instagram users should soon have more secure options for protecting their accounts against Internet bad guys. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned social network said it is in the process of rolling out support for third-party authentication apps. Unfortunately, this welcome new security offering does nothing to block Instagram account takeovers when thieves manage to hijack a target’s mobile phone number — an increasingly common crime.
Read MoreAvoid pitfalls when backing up your WhatsApp chats
Credit to Author: Serge Malenkovich| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:05:52 +0000
WhatsApp for Android can back up your chats to Google Drive. It’s free, but it may hurt older backups. Here’s how to get it right.
Read MoreA week in security (August 20 – 26)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:06:17 +0000
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| A roundup of the security news from August 20 – 26, including a look at insider threats, several breaches, and what tech giants Google and Facebook are doing about their privacy issues. Categories: Tags: a week in securitybadgelifecobalt dickenscybersecuritycybersecurity awarenessdigital entropy of deathelectionsfacebookGooglegreen card scamprivacyproject insecurityransomwarerecapryuksearch browser extensionssuperdrugthe lazarus grouptwitchvulnerabilitiesweekly blog roundup |
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Read MoreAdKoob information thief targets Facebook ad purchase info
Credit to Author: Felix Weyne| Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:00:42 +0000
Newly discovered malware appears to seek out information about the target’s ad purchasing history on Facebook<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/uvp8n0N0Jxw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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