MalwareBytes – Page 291 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Joan Goodchild| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Recent research from Malwarebytes, ISSA, and ESG find that security professionals have little confidence in their ability to prevent their organization from being breached. What’s behind this mindset? And how can we turn the tide to stay a step ahead of the criminals?

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Security world

Tags: admins CISOs cybercriminals data breaches IT security professionals skills shortage

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June 10, 2019 admin

A week in security (June 3 – 9)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:30:58 +0000

A weekly roundup of security news from June 3–9, including Magecart, breaches, hyperlink auditing, Bluekeep, FTC, and facial recognition.

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A week in security

Tags: botnet browsers china cryptomining data leaks facial recognition fbi FTC microsoft vulnerability web browsers

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June 7, 2019 admin

Video game portrayals of hacking: NITE Team 4

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 16:52:41 +0000

We take a look at a game aimed at giving players the most realistic interpretation of hacking possible. How well does it stack up to the real thing?

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Hacking

Tags: gaming hacking NITE Team 4 press h to hack videogames

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June 6, 2019 admin

Hyperlink auditing: where has my option to disable it gone?

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:59:17 +0000

Hyperlink auditing is not a new way to track website users, but it could become more popular, as many browsers are taking away user options to disable it.

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Privacy

Tags: browsers chrome disable tracking Edge firefox HMTL HTML5 hyperlink auditing link opera ping safari track tracking url

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June 5, 2019 admin

Malwarebytes Labs wins best cybersecurity vendor blog at InfoSec’s European Security Blogger Awards

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 19:21:07 +0000

The annual EU Security Blogger Awards results are in, and Malwarebytes Labs took home a trophy! Read on to find out who won in which categories.

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Malwarebytes news

Tags: 2019 award awards best blog best cybersecurity vendor blog blogger awards EU security blogger awards european security blogger awards infosec infosec europe malwarebytes labs

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June 5, 2019 admin

Maine inches closer to shutting down ISP pay-for-privacy schemes

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Unlike a data privacy proposal in the US and a new data privacy law in California, the Maine data privacy bill aimed at Internet Service Providers (ISPs) explicitly shuts down any pay-for-privacy schemes.

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Privacy

Tags: ACLU of Maine AT&T comcast Data privacy data privacy laws data privacy legislation facebook Google GWI internet service provider ISP L.D. 946 LD 946 Maine Maine State Chamber of Commerce pay-for-privacy Ron Wyden Senator Ron Wyden Spectrum Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wyden

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June 4, 2019 admin

Magecart skimmers found on Amazon CloudFront CDN

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:00:22 +0000

Not all breaches on Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) result in supply-chain attacks, yet, they are often a forgotten entry point for attackers to slip in malicious code, such as web skimmers.

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Threat analysis

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June 3, 2019 admin

A week in security (May 27 – June 2)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:09:55 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 27–June 2, including a look at 2019 ransomware outbreaks in the Unites States, ATM fraud, NIST’s privacy framework, more legal problems for Google and Facebook, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: a week in security amazon atm attacks atm fraud baltimore chrome City of Baltimore Department of Justice Doom Federal Trade Commission G Suite gandcrab gandcrab ransomware gmail Google Google Chrome hidden bee Justice Department NIST privacy framework protonmail ransomware week in security youtube

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