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Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:00:08 +0000

Businesses and providers typically collect certain details from their customers in order to support service delivery. This information has always been a top target for hackers, but given the high level and rising sophistication of threats, it’s more imperative than ever to ensure it’s protected. After all, a breach of this information doesn’t just impact the…

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February 2, 2019 admin

A Facebook Crackdown, Amazon Facial Recognition, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Hackers use SS7 flaws to rob banks, Japan goes after IoT vulnerabilities, and more security news this week.

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February 1, 2019 admin

Why Facebook’s Banned ‘Research’ App Was So Invasive

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:15:12 +0000

Until Apple revoked its privileges Wednesday, Facebook was paying iOS users $20 a month to download and install the data-sucking application.

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February 1, 2019 admin

The January Windows and Office patches are good to go

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:15:00 -0800

Compared to some months last year, January has been a Microsoft patching cakewalk. We had several rounds of close calls and missed calls, as I posted earlier this week, but almost everything is cleared up.

We’ve seen a few more problems raise their ugly heads in the past few days:

Microsoft has confirmed that the latest version of Office Click-to-Run (which you’re likely using if you have Office 365) makes the conversation window disappear in Skype for Business 2016.
The Windows 8.1 Monthly Rollup, KB 4480963, breaks the Live Migration feature on older AMD Opteron machines. We’re still waiting for confirmation on that one.
Citrix confirms (but Microsoft hasn’t acknowledged) that the latest Win10 1803 cumulative update, KB 4480976, causes page file problems when the page file isn’t sitting on C:. More details on Tenforums.

Those are typical Microsoft edge-use bugs: They don’t affect many people, but if you’re one of the stuckees, you’re up the ol’ creek.

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February 1, 2019 admin

Collaborating with Law Enforcement to Tackle the Scourge of ATM Attacks

Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:00:43 +0000

At Trend Micro, we’ve always been keen to collaborate with law enforcement. While we do our best to protect our customers from the latest threats, it’s only with concerted cross-border police action against the perpetrators of these crimes that we can hope to swing the pendulum back in our favor. One common target of attack…

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February 1, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: Hacker Strategies and Spyware Attacks

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:00:13 +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 how hackers are improving their breach strategies. Also, learn about new spyware attacks via URLs, websites, and mobile apps. Read on: Informing Your Security Posture:…

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January 31, 2019 admin