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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0000
A rash of malware hit the Google Play store this summer. And while Google has taken big steps to improve Android security, there’s no clear end in sight.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:54:00 -0700
This month’s Windows and .Net patches hold all sorts of nasty surprises — some acknowledged, some not, some easy to skirt, some waiting to swallow the unwary whole. Here’s a quick overview of what’s going on with this month’s missives.
Most important: If you can’t keep yourself (or your clients) from clicking “Enable Editing” in Word, you must install a broad range of .NET patches (if you’re running Windows 7 or 8.1) or cumulative updates (if you’re running Windows 10), like, NOW.
Cumulative Update KB 4038788, which brings the build number up to 15063.608, has two acknowledged (but not fixed) bugs:
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Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:11:00 -0700
Keybase has unveiled a Slack-style team messaging service that promises to protect private communications with end-to-end encryption.
The company launched in 2015 with the aim of making encryption technology more accessible to consumers. Its latest service, Keybase Teams, has a look similar to Slack with features such as chat rooms and channels. Admins can add set up groups of users to work on a particular project, and encrypted files can be uploaded and shared.
An early release version of the software is now available for download for desktops and mobile devices.
The key advantage, Keybase said, involves enhanced security and privacy.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:22:38 +0000
The backdooring of security software CCleaner now appears to have been more of a targeted spying operation than a mere cybercrime scheme.
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Credit to Author: Emanuel Maiberg| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:18:38 +0000
It thinks it knows what you want more than you do.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:00:38 +0000
On 8 September, credit reporting agency Equifax confessed to a major data breach. It affects 143 million Americans – nearly half of the US population – and 100,000 Canadian consumers. Unfortunately, this means that the hackers may have access to highly sensitive personal and financial information, allowing them to carry out follow-on attacks and identity…
Credit to Author: Mücahit Hoşcan| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:00:58 +0000
A few more tips about gaming accounts safety, or How to protect your Steam, Uplay, Origin, battle.net and so on.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Simon Edwards| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:00:12 +0000
As we all return to work from the summer holidays, we at Trend Micro reflect on what we have seen in the threat landscape over the first six months of 2017 with the release of our 2017 Mid-Year Security Roundup. It takes me back to the two major attacks that we witnessed, and I was…