Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:55:00 -0800
Google and Microsoft are using dark pattern design to trick or force users to do things they never intended. Is it time to switch to more ethical search engines? (We list 10 alternatives.)
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:27:00 -0800
This month has seen a whole lotta hand waving and sky-is-falling-caliber rhetoric, but the reality is much more prosaic. If you aren’t running a major network (and thus aren’t susceptible to the imminent problems with Remote Desktop Gateway, the Citrix network bugs or the whopping 334 patches in Oracle), there’s been little reason to install this month’s updates.
Credit to Author: Cecilia D’Anastasio| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 18:18:04 +0000
Two years ago, Patreon promised to crack down on piracy site Yiff.Party. Now it says its hands are tied.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:35:19 +0000
At Pwn2Own, hackers had no trouble dismantling systems that help run everything from car washes to nuclear plants.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:18:05 +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, dive into a research study that explores the risks associated with common cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a factory setting. Also, read about how misconfigured Microsoft cloud databases containing…
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Read moreCredit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:00:51 +0000
Ako Ransomware targeting businesses using RaaS Quick Heal security researchers recently observed ransomware that uses RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) which is a subpart of MaaS (Malware as a Service). Before delving into the AKO ransomware or RaaS, one must understand what Malware as a Service means, as it is…
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Credit to Author: Paris Martineau| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 01:15:20 +0000
A new report calls for safeguards to reduce the dangers posed by misinformation, online extremism, and social media manipulation.
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Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:41:14 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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