How to Use Google Authenticator
Credit to Author: Reece Rogers| Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000
The two-factor authentication tool got some serious upgrades that can help you bolster security for your online accounts.
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Toyota Leaked Vehicle Data of 2 Million Customers
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000
The FBI disables notorious Russia-linked malware, the EU edges toward a facial recognition ban, and security firm Dragos has an intrusion of its own.
Read MoreMay's Patch Tuesday update includes 3 zero-day flaws; fix them ASAP
In it’s May update, Microsoft addressed 51 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio. And with three zero-day flaws to urgently address in Windows (CVE-2023-24932, CVE-2023-29325 and CVE-2023-29336), the focus this month needs to be on rapidly updating both Windows and Microsoft Office. Both platforms get our “Patch Now” recommendation.
A Republican-Led Lawsuit Threatens Critical US Cyber Protections
Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Three states are suing to block security rules for water facilities. If they win, it may open the floodgates for challenges to other cyber rules.
Read MoreTwitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 04:11:23 +0000
The social network’s new privacy feature is technically flawed, opt-in, and limited in its functionality. All this for just $8 a month.
Read MoreHow to Reclaim Your Online Privacy
Credit to Author: Gideon Lichfield, Lauren Goode| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 11:00:00 +0000
We talk to the Signal Foundation’s Meredith Whittaker about how the surveillance economy is newer than we all might realize—and what we can do to fight back.
Read MoreA Mysterious New Hacker Group, Red Stinger, Is Lurking in Ukraine’s Cyberspace
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 10:00:00 +0000
The unidentified attackers have targeted people on both sides of Russia’s war against Ukraine, carrying out espionage operations that suggest state funding.
Read MoreSteve Wozniak: ChatGPT-type tech may threaten us all
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been touring the media to discuss the perils of generative artificial intelligence (AI), warning people to be wary of its negative impacts. Speaking to both the BBC and Fox News, he stressed that AI can misuse personal data, and raised concerns it could help scammers generate even more effective scams, from identity fraud to phishing to cracking passwords and beyond.
AI puts a spammer in the works
“We’re getting hit with so much spam, things trying to take over our accounts and our passwords, trying to trick us into them,” he said.