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Credit to Author: Molly Schwartz, Wired UK | Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000
Your digital self is fragmented and owned by third parties. Kaliya Young has a plan to change that—and make tech fairer for all.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:56:34 +0000
EKANS appears to be the work of cybercriminals, rather than nation-state hackers—a worrying development, if so.
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It's the day after the 2020 Iowa caucuses, and the Iowa Democratic Party has yet to announce the winner. The app that precinct leaders were supposed to use to report final tallies recorded inconsistent results. Party leaders blamed a "coding issue" within the app, not a hack or attack. Computerworld's Lucas Mearian joins Juliet to discuss the problem with mobile voting and how this snafu may affect the reputation of app voting in the future.
Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:55:02 +0000
We reveal the best settings for protecting your profile from hackers, haters, and spammers.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:01:47 +0000
We are excited to introduce guest posts from our newest Trenders from Cloud Conformity, now Trend Micro Cloud One – Conformity. More insights will be shared from this talented team to help you be confident and in control of the security of your cloud environments! Why your cloud security is keeping you up at night…
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Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800
It’s no secret that hackers the world over target Windows vulnerabilities in order to wreak havoc, hold up data and networks for ransom, pull off money-making scams, and disrupt elections and the workings of democracy. They target Windows for a simple reason: volume. The operating system is on the vast majority of desktop and laptop computers worldwide.
Over the years, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has unwittingly helped hackers in some of the world’s most dangerous and notoriously successful attacks by developing tools to exploit Windows security holes, rather than alert Microsoft to those vulnerabilities. Some of the tools have been leaked to hackers and used in massive attacks, including the EternalBlue cyber-exploit, which was used in the WannaCry global ransomware attack that affected computers in more than 150 countries and is estimated to have caused billions of dollars in damage.
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:44:17 +0000
With his “Google Maps Hack,” artist Simon Weckert draws attention to the systems we take for granted—and how we let them shape us.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Anant Pulgam| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:17:12 +0000
Phishing email still remains one of the top malware propagation medium. Recently, we came across an interesting phishing email containing couple of Jumpshare links pointing to malicious components. Jumpshare is an online file sharing service and often cyber criminals abuse these kind of file sharing services. Upon clicking on one of the links in…
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