The Long Path out of the Vulnerability Disclosure Dark Ages
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:04:52 +0000
Letting a company know about flaws in their products has gotten easier since 2003—but not by much.
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Dangerzone Lets You Open Email Attachments Safely
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:12:00 +0000
Dangerzone takes potentially malicious files and safely sanitizes them for you.
Read MoreA Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000
Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers.
Read MoreHow a Hacker’s Mom Broke Into a Prison—and the Warden’s Computer
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:59:20 +0000
Security analyst John Strand had a contract to test a correctional facility’s defenses. He sent the best person for the job: his mother.
Read MoreGmail Is Catching More Malicious Attachments With Deep Learning
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 20:18:02 +0000
Users of Gmail get 300 billion attachments each week. To separate legitimate documents from harmful ones, Google turned to AI—and it’s working.
Read MoreNintendo Cracks Down After High-Profile Leaks
Credit to Author: Cecilia D’Anastasio| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:00:00 +0000
With the highly anticipated *Animal Crossing: New Horizons* and E3 on the horizon, Nintendo has become “increasingly aggressive” combating leaks over the last couple of months.
Read MoreNorth Korea Is Recycling Mac Malware. That’s Not the Worst Part
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000
Lazarus Group hackers have long plagued the internet—using at least one tool they picked up just by looking around online.
Read MoreHow to Share Your Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Spotify Accounts the Safe Way
Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000
Be generous, but also be careful.
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