How Hackers Turn Microsoft Excel’s Own Features Against It
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:00:00 +0000
A pair of recent findings show how hackers can compromise Excel users without any fancy exploits.
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Hackers Are Poking at a MacOS Gatekeeper Flaw Apple Left Unfixed
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:16:33 +0000
The clock’s ticking to fix a Gatekeeper bug that would let hackers slip malware onto your computer undetected.
Read MoreI Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk
Credit to Author: Dan Salmon| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Opinion: Venmo makes sending and receiving money a social affair. But those emoji-laden payment descriptions leave you exposed to cyberattacks.
Read MoreA Likely Chinese Hacker Crew Targeted 10 Phone Carriers to Steal Metadata
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000
In one case, they stole the location and call record data of 20 specific individuals.
Read MoreHe Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back
Credit to Author: Stephanie Clifford| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000
How a hacker shamed and humiliated high school girls in a small New Hampshire town, and how they helped take him down.
Read MoreThe Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All
Credit to Author: Zeynep Tufekci| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0000
The typical response to the onslaught of falsehood is to say, lol, nothing matters. But when so many of us are reaching this point, it really does matter.
Read MoreHackers Used Two Firefox Zero Days to Hit a Crypto Exchange
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 13:00:00 +0000
A ransomware haul, a border security leak, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read MoreCop Gets $585K After Colleagues Snooped on Her DMV Data
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:47:00 +0000
A jury this week finds that Minneapolis police officers abused their license database access. Dozens of other lawsuits have made similar claims.
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