The latest release of Mozilla Firefox includes several privacy improvements, including blocking untrusted sites from using the camera, microphone, and location data. Firefox 59 has been released to the general public, and with it come numerous privacy improvements. Read more from Tech Republic…
Someone on Reddit described how he was the victim of a very sophisticated social engineering attack. Wow, this is crafty. This is the story!: I have different passwords for every website I log into, 2-factor authentication when possible; I thought I knew all the scams and could spot them a …
The leak of Apple’s iBoot source code onto GitHub is likely to turn older devices into a toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities. If you’re running an older iPhone or iPad that’s stuck on iOS 9, then you need to plan some sort of escape strategy following this week’s leak of Apple’s …
Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert penned an op-ed Monday publicly attributing the attack, which took out systems around the world, to North Korea. The White House has officially attributed the WannaCry ransomware attack to hackers in North Korea, according to an op-ed by Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert published in …
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New Black Hat Research suggests that a major breach on US infrastructure could be imminent, and government agencies won’t be able to react appropriately. A “major breach” of the US government’s critical infrastructure is coming, sometime in the next two years, and defense agencies won’t be able to stop it. …
A new exploit, reported by McAfee, uses trick Microsoft office files to install malware on a user’s machine and can bypass existing protection methods. Microsoft Office users beware: A new exploit is using fake versions of Office files—like Word documents—to install malware on a victim’s computer. Read more from Tech …
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The hottest trend in cyberattacks is an archaic and simplistic hacker tool. Propelled by the rise of IoT, the popularity of denial-of-service attacks rebounded in late 2016 and early 2017. Accompanying the rapid acceleration of the IoT and connected device market, warn cybersecurity experts, will be a zombie botnet swarm …
Everything old is new again: Experts predict a flood of denial-of-service attacksRead More »
Almost three million Android phones, many of them used by people in the US, are vulnerable to code-execution attacks that remotely seize full control of the devices, researchers said Thursday. Until recently, the flaw could have been exploited by anyone who took the time to obtain two Internet domains that …
Powerful backdoor/rootkit found preinstalled on 3 million Android phonesRead More »
A new report from Check Point claims that the average day in an enterprise organization is rife with malware and malicious applications. A new report, released by security company Check Point on Tuesday, claims that some form of known malware is downloaded every 81 seconds in an enterprise organization. The …
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Browsing the web used to be hard to do and almost taboo with the likes of Prodigy and then AOL via a dial up modem. Computers were not found in every home and cell phones were bigger than the average lunchbox, when people used lunchboxes. However now the internet is …