Will spam die in 2020?
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 09:55:00 -0800
The problem with spam isn't that it's a time-wasting annoyance, but that it drives us away from phone calls and emails to bad media.
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How Iran’s Hackers Might Strike Back After Soleimani’s Assassination
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:30:50 +0000
From data-destroying wipers to industrial control system hacking, Iran has a potent arsenal of cyberattacks at its disposal.
Read MoreToys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance!
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000
Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids.
Read MoreTikTok’s First Transparency Report Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000
The app says it didn’t receive any requests for user information from China during the first half of 2019. That might not reassure skeptics.
Read MoreToys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance!
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000
Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids.
Read MoreThis Week in Security News: Latest Cyber Risk Index Shows Elevated Risk of Cyber Attack and IoT Company Wyze Exposes Information of 2.4M Customers
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 13:55:04 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about Trend Micro’s Cyber Risk Index (CRI) and its results showing increased cyber risk. Also, read about a data breach from IoT company Wyze that exposed…
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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800
Pilot fish is working at a bank, but it’s the 1970s, and ATMs are far from common. What this bank has is an after-hours teller window, available from 3 to 7 p.m. It’s located in a small enclosure accessible from the street, and its operation involves a human teller working behind a reinforced-concrete wall.
When the bank develops an online customer system, the night teller is chosen as the testing ground, because the new system will allow for instant posting of deposits instead of waiting for the next day. And fish, a computer science major, will serve as teller/guinea pig.
But first, a new window has to be constructed, right next to the two-story glass façade of the bank. The work includes putting the cabling inside heavy steel pipes to ensure that no one can tap into them.
Toys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance!
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000
Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids.
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