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Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:41:05 +0000

Is your browser secure and private enough by design or do you need to worry about security, privacy, fingerprinting, ads, and cookies yourself?

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Tags: ads browlock browser browser security browser-based attacks Chrome Extension control cookies cryptominers fingerprinting hijacker online privacy privacy PUP security vpn WebRTC

Security Wired

October 30, 2018 admin

Apple’s T2 Security Chip Makes It Harder to Tap MacBook Mics

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:26:16 +0000

By cutting off the microphone at the hardware level, recent MacBook devices minimize the chance that someone can eavesdrop

Security Wired

October 30, 2018 admin

Signal’s “Sealed Sender” Is a Clever New Way to Shield Your Identity

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:16:56 +0000

“Sealed sender” gives the leading encrypted messaging app an important boost, hiding metadata around who sent a given message.

MalwareBytes Security

October 30, 2018 admin

Removing the jam in your printer security

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000

We take a look at printer security, an oft-neglected aspect of locking down an organization’s network.

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Security TrendMicro

October 30, 2018 admin

Extending Public-Private Partnerships with Milipol

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:04:46 +0000

By: Loïc Guézo At Trend Micro, we’ve been protecting consumers, SMBs, enterprises and government customers from the latest threats for three decades now. This has required us to build a global team of experienced researchers, state-of-the-art R&D labs and much more, to fuel our industry-leading cybersecurity solutions. We also understand that there’s a bigger picture…

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October 30, 2018 admin

Ransomware Threat Continues: How Infections Take Place

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:00:20 +0000

If cybersecurity consultants and IT admins have learned anything of the current threat environment, it’s that ransomware will continue to be a pervasive and dangerous threat to individual users, enterprises and organizations at large. When they first emerged, these infections were unlike anything that tech experts had ever seen, combining strong encryption and blackmail tactics…

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ComputerWorld Independent

October 30, 2018 admin

Google Smart Lock on Chrome OS: 2 fast fixes and a power-user tip

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:30:00 -0700

Google’s Smart Lock system for Chrome OS is one of those things that sounds spectacular on paper but then frequently falls flat in the real world.

You know about Smart Lock by now, right? It’s something Google created to turn your Android phone into a contact-free key for your Chromebook: Anytime the phone is close to the computer, Chrome OS will automatically detect its presence — and as long as the phone is unlocked, the laptop will let you skip the usual password prompt and hop right in with just a quick click on the sign-on screen.

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Security Wired

October 29, 2018 admin

‘Fortnite’ Scams Are Even Worse Than You Thought

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:00 +0000

YouTube videos with millions of views. Nearly 5,000 bogus websites. V-Bucks scammers have gotten out of control.