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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 05:22:00 -0700

Apple introduced an array of additional privacy protections at WWDC 2019. Many of these both offer protection and help us better understand how our privacy is undermined.

Why does this matter?

Apple CEO Tim Cook is passionate about the need to protect user privacy and this is by no means a one man mission.

Speaking with Vector, Apple’s VP Software Technology, Bud Tribble stressed the need to educate people into the needs and benefits of privacy, a topic he believes is much more” widely discussed now than before.

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June 7, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: Gray Alerts and Wormable Malware

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:05:10 +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 the new wormable malware that’s dropping a Monero miner in web servers, networks and removable drivers. Also, read about the best ways for businesses to…

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June 6, 2019 admin

Mozilla makes anti-tracking the Firefox default

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:43:00 -0700

Mozilla this week began to switch on an aggressive anti-tracking technology in Firefox that it has touted since 2015.

With a June 4 update to Firefox 67, Mozilla turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) by default for new users. Existing customers simply updating their browsers may enable ETP themselves. The default-of-on will be extended to those users “in the coming months,” Mozilla said, apparently activating it in stages as a last-step quality control.

Mozilla also used the update to Firefox 67.0.1 to trumpet other privacy- and security-centric enhancements, including an add-on that brings its Lockwise password manager to the desktop browser and an improved Facebook Container, an extension designed to keep the social network behemoth from tracking users elsewhere on the web.

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Security Wired

June 6, 2019 admin

Russia and Iran Plan to Fundamentally Isolate the Internet

Credit to Author: Justin Sherman| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Opinion: Russia and Iran’s decisions to build isolated, domestic internets represent a new form of internet fragmentation—one that is far more physical than what we’ve seen before.

Security Wired

June 6, 2019 admin

Election Security Is Still Hurting at Every Level

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:01:00 +0000

With the 2020 election fast approaching, too many problems from 2016 persist.

Security Wired

June 6, 2019 admin

A Push to Protect Campaigns from Hackers Hits an FEC Roadblock

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 20:18:08 +0000

The FEC may prevent an anti-phishing firm providing its services to campaigns for free or cheap.

Security Wired

June 6, 2019 admin

Apple’s ‘Find My’ Feature Uses Some Very Clever Cryptography

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 18:14:50 +0000

Apple says an elaborate rotating key scheme will soon let you track down your stolen laptop, but not let anyone track you. Not even Apple.

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June 6, 2019 admin

WiFi Protection in Public Places

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 13:05:12 +0000

WiFi Internet has added much convenience to our daily lives, with its easy accessibility in public places such as restaurants, hotels, and cafes; malls, parks, and even in airplanes, where we can connect online for faster transactions and communication. Like any online technology, however, it’s vulnerable to hacker abuse, posing potential threats to you and…

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