How 18 Malware Apps Snuck Into Apple’s App Store
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:43:54 +0000
Sing it loud: The App Store’s not perfect. Especially when it’s up against click fraud code this clever.
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Why Keybase Doesn’t Offer Two Factor Authentication
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Keybase exists to keep things safe online. And it doesn’t use 2FA to do it.
Read MoreThis Week in Security News: Trend Micro Acquires Cloud Conformity and Apple Removes Malicious iOS Apps from App Store
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:03:43 +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 recent acquisition of Cloud Conformity. Also, read about a fake photo editing app on Google Play and the 17 malicious iOS apps removed…
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Read MoreName game
Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700
This pilot fish builds a lot of Linux systems that have to be compliant with U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Information Systems Agency STIG security requirements, but he tries to lessen the pain by assigning root passwords that are secure but easily remembered. Naturally, he sends them to the owner via encrypted email.
When the Nvidia driver in one of those machines gets corrupted after the system goes down hard in a power outage, fish needs root access to reinstall the driver. Unfortunately, the user of that machine (who, just incidentally, had ignored the warnings about that planned power outage) has no recollection of the root password, and he can’t get it from his email. Why? He has uninstalled all his old encryption certs, so older encrypted emails can no longer be decrypted.
Can License Plate Readers Really Reduce Crime?
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:08:17 +0000
Flock Safety boasts that its cameras caused a dramatic drop in crime in one Georgia county, but experts say it’s not so simple.
Read MorePompeo Was Riding High—Until the Ukraine Mess Exploded
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:00:00 +0000
The US secretary of state may be a Trump favorite, but the Ukraine scandal appears to threaten Mike Pompeo’s ambitions for higher office.
Read MoreA Republican Raid, NASA’s Venus Plans, and More News
Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 21:59:24 +0000
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Read MoreWhy Republicans Storming a SCIF Puts National Security at Risk
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 20:47:51 +0000
House Republicans barged into a secure facility uninvited Wednesday, creating a host of problems in the process.
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