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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 14:00:00 +0000
Chinese hackers targeting the Navy, charity scammers, and more security news this week.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Ghanshyam More| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:58:50 +0000
On the back of an upswing in Ransomware activity, we decided to carry out an in-depth analysis of Ghost Ransomware. Interesting fact about this malware is that it uses multiple components to encrypt user files. Technical Analysis : Main malware executable (Ghost.exe) is compiled using the DotNet Framework. The infection…
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:22:03 +0000
In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users.
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:38:25 +0000
The one-day pop-up kiosk is meant to show that Facebook takes users’ privacy concerns seriously. It also was an opportunity to gather more data.
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Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:10:58 +0000
Apparent bitcoin scammers caused chaos across the US Thursday, radically escalating longstanding tactics.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 21:00:00 +0000
Despite Cambridge Analytica and a damaging hack, Facebook’s bug bounty program offers a bright spot.
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Credit to Author: SSD / Ori Nimron| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 07:02:28 +0000
Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory discusses a bug found in the kernel function task_inspect which a local user may exploit in order to read kernel memory due to an uninitialized variable. Vendor Response “Kernel: Available for: iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and iPod touch 6th generation Impact: A local user may be … Continue reading SSD Advisory – iOS/macOS Kernel task_inspect Information Leak
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:20:55 +0000
After Michael Cohen’s sentencing, plenty more people and entities in Trump’s orbit potentially sit in the special counsel’s crosshairs.
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