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Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 13:35:00 -0800

Android security is always a hot topic on these here Nets of Inter — and almost always for the wrong reason.

As we’ve discussed ad nauseam over the years, most of the missives you read about this-or-that super-scary malware/virus/brain-eating-boogie-monster are overly sensationalized accounts tied to theoretical threats with practically zero chance of actually affecting you in the real world. If you look closely, in fact, you’ll start to notice that the vast majority of those stories stem from companies that — gasp! — make their money selling malware protection programs for Android phones. (Pure coincidence, right?)

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Security Wired

December 12, 2018 admin

If China Hacked Marriott, 2014 Marked a Full-on Assault

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:10:00 +0000

It increasingly appears that China was behind the Marriott hack, making 2014 a landmark year in cyberattacks against the US.

ComputerWorld Independent

December 12, 2018 admin

Google Smart Lock: The complete guide

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:00:00 -0800

Think fast: How many times a day do you pick up your phone to look at something? Unless you live in the tundra or have far more self-control than most, the answer probably falls somewhere between “quite a few” and “more than any sane person could count.” Assuming you keep your device properly secured, that means you’re doing an awful lot of unlocking — be it with your face, your fingerprint, or the code you tap or swipe onto your screen.

And that’s to say nothing of the number of times you type your password into your laptop or enter your credentials into an app or website during the day. Security’s important, but goodness gracious, it can be a real hassle.

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Security TrendMicro

December 11, 2018 admin

2019 Security Predictions Report Released

Credit to Author: Greg Young (Vice President for Cybersecurity)| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 13:05:01 +0000

What Makes For Really Good Security Predictions Each year Trend Micro releases its annual Security Predictions Report. Good security predictions are very difficult to develop, and companies and consumers need to be selective about the security advice they take. What makes a good security prediction? Four key aspects: 1. It is the prime directive that…

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ComputerWorld Independent

December 11, 2018 admin

And that was actually the CLEAN version!

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:00:00 -0800

It’s more than a few years back, and this oilfield services company is implementing a new email filter, says a pilot fish working there.

“It was part of an email security product,” fish says. “The filter could identify emails containing language that was not considered business appropriate.

“We’d had HR incidents involving inappropriate language in the past, especially from field hands emailing to office staff — it gave a new meaning to ‘crude oil workers’ — so it was decided we should enable the feature with its default settings and give it a run.

“Only a few hours later we received an alert that a message had been identified with inappropriate language.

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Security Wired

December 10, 2018 admin

Google+ Exposed Data of 52.5 Million Users and Will Shut Down in April

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 19:19:11 +0000

A month after Google had already decided to shut down Google+, a new bug made its problems much, much worse.

Security TrendMicro

December 10, 2018 admin

What Happens When Victims Pay Ransomware Attackers?

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:00:16 +0000

For many hackers around the globe, ransomware infections have become a lucrative business. Although these types of malware samples have been around for years now, they continue to spur success – and high monetary profits – for attackers. In fact, according to a statement from U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during the 2017 Cambridge…

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ComputerWorld Independent

December 10, 2018 admin

Innovative anti-phishing app comes to iPhones

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 08:01:00 -0800

We’re always told never to click on a link we receive in an email in case doing so takes us to some dodgy phishing site where our account details are violated, but what if our email app warned us before we clicked malicious links?

Can this app offer you protection?

MetaCert isn’t fully available yet, but it does seem to be a promising solution that provides email users in enterprise and consumer markets an additional line of defence against clicking on malicious links received in email messages.

The solution emerged from the developer’s earlier work building an API to help app developers add a layer of security to WebView.

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