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Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 06:41:56 +0000

Remote Access Trojans are programs that allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to a targeted computer without the victim’s knowledge. Java RAT malware is a Trojan-Dropper written in Java. It is designed to steal passwords, access files, for keylogging (recording what the user types on the keyboard) and for screen-capture….

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July 16, 2017 admin

IBM Z’s ‘Pervasive Encryption’ Wants to Stop Data Breaches in Their Tracks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 04:01:00 +0000

The new IBM Z mainframe uses “pervasive encryption” to stop data breaches in their tracks.

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July 16, 2017 admin

An Amazon Echo Can’t Call the Police—But Maybe It Should

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Though coming from a connected home assistant, there may be such a thing as too much help.

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July 16, 2017 admin

Verizon and WWE Data Exposures Come Down to Human Error

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000

What’s behind the recent spat of database vulnerabilities? Good ol’ fashioned human error.

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July 16, 2017 admin

Security News This Week: White House Exposes the Info of Privacy-Concerned Voters

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000

The White House exposes voter info, Trump Jr. met with an alleged Russian hacker, and more security news this week.

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July 16, 2017 admin

Did Trump’s Data Team Help Russian Hackers? Facebook Might Have the Answer

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 17:14:33 +0000

The congressional investigation turns its attention to the digital team that helped Trump win.

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July 16, 2017 admin

The AlphaBay Takedown Sends Dark Web Markets Reeling

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:42:23 +0000

But law enforcement’s raid on AlphaBay won’t end the darknet’s vibrant drug trade.

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July 16, 2017 admin

Verifying and testing that Firefox is restricted to TLS 1.2

Credit to Author: Michael Horowitz| Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 12:56:00 -0700

TLS is the protocol invoked under the covers when viewing secure websites (those loaded with HTTPS rather than HTTP). There are multiple versions of the TLS protocol, and the most recent version, 1.2, is the most secure. Last time, I discussed tweaking Firefox so that it only supports TLS version 1.2 and not the older versions (1.0 and 1.1) of the protocol.

But that begs the question: what happens when a security-reinforced copy of Firefox encounters a website that does not support TLS 1.2? The answer is shown below.

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