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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 06:17:00 -0700

Apple has struck a big blow against the mercenary “surveillance-as-a-service” industry, introducing a new, highly secure Lockdown Mode to protect individuals at the greatest risk of targeted attacks. The company is also offering millions of dollars to support research to expose such threats.

Starting in iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura, and available now in the latest developer-only betas, Lockdown Mode hardens security defenses and limits the functionalities sometimes abused by state-sponsored surveillance hackers. Apple describes this protection as “sharply reducing the attack surface that potentially could be exploited by highly targeted mercenary spyware.”

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Security Wired

July 6, 2022 admin

Apple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:04:36 +0000

Starting with iOS 16, people who are at risk of being targeted with spyware will have some much-needed help.

Security Wired

July 6, 2022 admin

How to Avoid the Worst Instagram Scams

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Fake sellers. Competitions. Crypto cons. There are plenty of grifts on the platform, but you don’t have to get sucked in.

Security Wired

July 5, 2022 admin

End-to-End Encryption’s Central Role in Modern Self-Defense

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000

With abortion set to be criminalized in more than half the US, encryption has never been more important for protection—and civil disobedience.

ComputerWorld Independent

July 5, 2022 admin

Think twice before deploying Windows’ Controlled Folder Access

Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 07:29:00 -0700

As ransomware attacks gained steam in the mid-2010s, Microsoft sought to give Windows users and admins tools to protect their PCs from such attacks. With its October 2017 feature update, the company added a feature called Controlled Folder Access to Windows 10.

On paper, Controlled Folder Access sounds like a great protection for consumers, home users, and small businesses with limited resources. As defined by Microsoft, “Controlled folder access helps protect your valuable data from malicious apps and threats, such as ransomware. Controlled folder access protects your data by checking apps against a list of known, trusted apps. Supported on Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows 10, and Windows 11 clients, controlled folder access can be turned on using the Windows Security App, Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager, or Intune (for managed devices).”

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ComputerWorld Independent

July 5, 2022 admin

Are banks quietly refusing reimbursements to fraud victims?

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700

There are some scary reports popping up that various major financial institutions no longer credit back all fraudulent transactions, even when victims file a police report. If true, it’s a disastrous move that will painfully hurt the institutions.

Let’s look a recent New York Times report on the problem:

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July 4, 2022 admin