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A week in security (June 8 – 14)

June 16, 2020 admin a week in security, babylon health, banking app, Brave, Brave browser, covid-19, data breach, enel ransomware, Facebook, fake gift card, healthcare app data breach, honda ransomware, managed service providers, MSP, paretologic, privacy, ransomware, RMM, rmm platform, snake ransomware, speedypc, Twitter, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:30:00 +0000

A roundup of news and blog posts from the week of June 8 – 14, including the Honda ransomware attack, search hijackers, and what to look for in an RMM platform.

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A week in security

Tags: Babylon Health banking app Brave Brave browser covid-19 data breach Enel ransomware facebook fake gift card healthcare app data breach Honda ransomware managed service providers MSP paretologic privacy ransomware RMM RMM platform Snake ransomware SpeedyPC twitter whatsapp

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Beware of scams during this crucial time of CoronaVirus pandemic

April 14, 2020 admin coronavirus, covid-19, cybersecurity, upi, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Akshay Singla| Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 10:31:05 +0000

Due to the CoronaVirus pandemic and in this lockdown period, people have free time to spend on mobile phones and laptops. Riding on this wave, fake message creators create fake messages with attractive offers or services on social media. We can see that a large number of fake WhatsApp messages…

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International Women’s Day: awareness of stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps on the rise

March 17, 2020 admin bureau of justice statistics, center for disease control and prevention, coalition against stalkerware, international women’s day, Monitor, monitoring applications, monitoring apps, spyware, stalkerware, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000

For International Women’s Day, Malwarebytes is measuring the impact of our own campaign to raise awareness and protect users. These are the numbers on stalkerware, monitoring, and spyware apps.

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Stalkerware

Tags: Bureau of Justice Statistics center for disease control and prevention Coalition Against Stalkerware international women’s day monitor monitoring applications monitoring apps spyware stalkerware whatsapp

Independent Krebs

Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?

January 24, 2020 admin arno vis, csc, DNSpionage, dnssec, e-hawk, e-hawk.net, Latest Warnings, openprovider, pdr, peter cholnoky, public domain registry, raymond dijkxhoorn, registrar lock, registry lock, The Coming Storm, Web Fraud 2.0, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:37:11 +0000

If you’re running a business online, few things can be as disruptive or destructive to your brand as someone stealing your company’s domain name and doing whatever they wish with it. Even so, most major Web site owners aren’t taking full advantage of the security tools available to protect their domains from being hijacked. Here’s the story of one recent victim who was doing almost everything possible to avoid such a situation and still had a key domain stolen by scammers.

Security Sophos

Actualiza WhatsApp ya: un bug en los videos MP4 expone los mensajes

December 3, 2019 admin Actualidad, vulnerabilidad, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:14:30 +0000

El eslogan de WhatsApp: simple, seguro, mensajería fiable. Anexo necesario de marketing: agujero, actualizar, inmediatamente, vulnerabilidad, MP4. Facebook publicó un aviso de seguridad sobre una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer muy peligrosa en WhatsApp, CVE-2019-11931, que podría ser desencadenada por un vídeo MP4 comprometido. Está calificada como una vulnerabilidad de alto riesgo – 7,8 – […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/aIFTlPehi4A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem

November 18, 2019 admin al franken, computer fraud and abuse act, cyberstalk, cyberstalking, Department of Justice, district attorney, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violenc, FBI, federal wiretap act, franken, FTC, jackie's law, mobilespy, National Network to End Domestic Violence, nnedv, nso group, online harassment, operation safe horizon, phonesheriff, senator al franken, stalkerware, stalking, StealthGenie, Teensafe, us attorney, US Federal Trade Commission, WhatsApp, wiretap

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:47:58 +0000

Those who install stalkerware with the intent to monitor, control, harass, or otherwise abuse their victims typically get away with it, avoiding legal penalty even if there’s plenty of evidence to suggest their guilt.

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Stalkerware

Tags: Al Franken Computer Fraud and Abuse Act cyberstalk cyberstalking Department of Justice District Attorney domestic abuse domestic abuse survivor domestic abuse survivors domestic violenc fbi Federal Wiretap Act Franken FTC Jackie’s Law MobileSpy National Network to End Domestic Violence NNEDV NSO Group online harassment Operation Safe Horizon PhoneSheriff Senator Al Franken stalkerware stalking StealthGenie TeenSafe US Attorney US Federal Trade Commission whatsapp Wiretap

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

November 6, 2019 admin access act, apple pages, big tech, Center for Democracy and Technology, Competition, Congress, data interoperability, data portability, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, ello, European Union, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, google, google docs, instagram, interoperability, LinkedIn, mark zuckerberg, Mastodon, messenger, Microsoft Word, portability, privacy, Senate, the access act, Twitter, us congress, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, user privacy, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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Privacy

Tags: ACCESS Act Apple Pages Big Tech Center for Democracy and Technology competition congress data interoperability data portability Data privacy data privacy laws data privacy legislation Ello European Union facebook Facebook Messenger gdpr General Data Protection Regulation Google google docs Instagram interoperability LinkedIn Mark Zuckerberg Mastodon messenger microsoft word portability Senate The ACCESS Act twitter US Congress US data privacy laws US data privacy legislation user privacy whatsapp

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The infamous Spyware – Pegasus, The NSO Group and The WhatsApp snooping saga

November 2, 2019 admin Android, Antivirus, malware, Mobile Security, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Prachi Sudame| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 07:41:18 +0000

The Indian media is abuzz these days with several news and allegations around snooping on several Indian citizens through a spyware named Pegasus, allegedly delivered through WhatsApp. It’s reported widely that Facebook Inc., the parent company of popular messaging app -WhatsApp, reached out to few users from India (and other…

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