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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:28:23 +0000
The politically motivated attack represents a new frontier for hacktivists—and won’t be the last of its kind.
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Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000
You know those “emergency” email addresses you can use to get into your email and other accounts in case you’re locked out? Make sure they’re up-to-date.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Scammer arrests, the NSA plays defense, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:15:00 +0000
Apple has known about the vulnerability, which also affects iPadOS 15 and Safari 15, since late November.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:11:58 +0000
Austria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow.
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Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:00:00 -0800
People die because of cyber wars, even if no bullets are ever fired. Instead, they die in emergency rooms that no longer have power, from broken medical communication networks, and from riots. All of this has happened before. It will happen again. And now, with Russia poised to invade Ukraine and Russian cyberattacks already in motion, we can only hope and pray that what promises to be the first major European war since World War II doesn’t spark the next World War.
If it does, I fear the proximate cause won’t be Russian T-90 main battle tanks trying to smash their way into Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. It will be the Russian GRU Sandworm hacking group launching a cyberattack that perhaps wrecks the European Union power grid; or knocks out major US internet sites such as Google, Facebook, and Microsoft; or stops 4G and 5G cellular services in their tracks.
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:04:27 +0000
The flaws are now fixed, but they speak to the growing concerns around interactionless attacks.
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Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:08:00 -0800
In business, we’ve used Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for years. But I’m now seeing recommendations that consumers use VPN software to make internet connections more private so sites can’t snoop on your surfing and other communications. As someone who runs a website that uses IP address reputation as a guide to know who is and is not reputable on my site, I can tell you that using a VPN often assigns you an IP address that’s less than stellar. As a result, if you attempt to access sites that check for reputation, such as your bank, you may find yourself blocked.
I’m not against the concept of consumer-based VPN software, but I’m not convinced it’s the security panacea many think it is. Users think it’s keeping sites from tracking them, or keeping them safe when surfing on coffee shop Wi-Fi. They think it keeps prying eyes from reviewing our web traffic. But all VPN software is not created equal. I recently read new research from Consumer Reports that tested various VPN platforms; I was surprised to find that the top VPN providers included vendors I’ve not even heard of.