news.softpedia.com - Mozilla is working on adding improved functionality to Firefox Monitor, a feature that the company rolled out in 2018 in order to let users determine if their accounts were exposed following a breach. Using the popular service Have I Been Pwned, Mozilla appears to be ready to push things a littl...
tech.slashdot.org - Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 users need to have SHA-2 code-signing installed by July 16, 2019, in order to continue to get Windows updates after that date. Microsoft issued that warning on February 15 via a Support article. From a report: Windows operating system updates are dual-signed usin...
it.slashdot.org - Security reporter Zack Whittaker writes: In my years covering cybersecurity, there's one variation of the same lie that floats above the rest. "We take your privacy and security seriously." You might have heard the phrase here and there. It's a common trope used by companies in the wake of a data...
zdnet.com - Avast security researchers have discovered a new malware strain named Rietspoof that's currently being spread to victims via instant messaging clients such as Facebook Messenger and Skype. In a report published over the weekend, researchers described this new threat as a "multi-stage malware," t...
backendnews.net - Just in time for love month, Kaspersky Lab released its findings of a spike in phishing activities taking advantage of the hype of Valentine's Day. The cybersecurity firm said "the total number of user attempts to visit fraudulent websites with a romantic theme that were detected and blocked duri...
informationsecuritybuzz.com - Hackers are leveraging a a two-year-old flaw in a third-party plug-in to infect scores of companies with GandCrab ransomware through their managed service provider (MSP) according to Chris Bisnett at Huntress Labs. Gandcrab #Ransomware Slingers Target MSPs https://t.co/PFRAbxJCDC pic.twitter.com/...
newsdakota.com - Phishing and Other Scams Presentation Feb. 26 in Valley City newsdakota.com VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – On Tuesday, February 26 at 7 PM at the Barnes County Museum, C.J. Kotta, Director of Network Services/IT Security ...
apple.slashdot.org - Apple is planning an "all-new" MacBook Pro design for this year, well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said. From a report: The lineup is reportedly led by a model with a screen of between 16 and 16.5 inches, which would make it the biggest screen in a Mac notebook since the 17-inch models stop...
informationsecuritybuzz.com - There’s no doubt about it – we are a mobile nation. According to Ofcom, a whopping 78% of all UK adults now own a smartphone and on average, people check them once every 12 minutes during their waking hours. And these statistics should come as no surprise – we now rely on our phones to … The IS...
bitcoinmagazine.com - Unless cybersecurity becomes part of the fabric of blockchain and crypto with stakeholders taking it more seriously, it will take much longer for this amazing technology and currency to get the mass adoption that it deserves.
developers.slashdot.org - Deep learning may need a new programming language that's more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said today. From an interview: It's not yet clear if such a language is necessary, but the possibility runs against very entrenched desires from res...
bleepingcomputer.com - Rietspoof is a new malware family which uses a multi-stage delivery system, is designed to drop multiple payloads on the systems it infects, and that offers very little to no information on what audience it targets.
securitycurrent.com - While cybersecurity is dynamic, there are things that are constant. These are the skills that every CISO must have to be successful, whatever the organization and industry, today and in the foreseeable future. In this latest Security Current/ CISOs Connect report, ASRC Federal’s CISO Darren Death...
schneier.com - It seems that someone from a company called Swift Recovery Ltd. is impersonating me -- at least on Telegram. The person is using a photo of me, and is using details of my life available on Wikipedia to convince people that they are me. They are not. If anyone has any more information -- stories, ...
cuinfosecurity.com - Marc Trepanier Principal Fraud Consultant, ACI Worldwide Marc is a seasoned fraud prevention and risk management professional, with a broad skill-set in the financial services industry covering all aspects of fraud and risk management including prevention and detection, enterprise fraud risk ass...
entertainment.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader shares a report: Netflix is officially no longer producing Marvel's live-action shows. The streaming service has canceled both The Punisher and Jessica Jones, according to Deadline, with the latter's third season set to debut as the last batch of Marvel live-action episodes on...
govinfosecurity.com - Marc Trepanier Principal Fraud Consultant, ACI Worldwide Marc is a seasoned fraud prevention and risk management professional, with a broad skill-set in the financial services industry covering all aspects of fraud and risk management including prevention and detection, enterprise fraud risk ass...
inforisktoday.com - Marc Trepanier Principal Fraud Consultant, ACI Worldwide Marc is a seasoned fraud prevention and risk management professional, with a broad skill-set in the financial services industry covering all aspects of fraud and risk management including prevention and detection, enterprise fraud risk ass...
bankinfosecurity.com - Marc Trepanier Principal Fraud Consultant, ACI Worldwide Marc is a seasoned fraud prevention and risk management professional, with a broad skill-set in the financial services industry covering all aspects of fraud and risk management including prevention and detection, enterprise fraud risk ass...
search.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader shares a blog post: It appears that when you use a year constraint on book search, the search index has dramatically constricted to the point of being, essentially, broken. Here's an example. While writing something, I became interested in the etymology of the phrase 'set in s...
yro.slashdot.org - New submitter bluekloud shares a report: Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for businesses that send lots of letters. But the process he helped develop and built his small Alabama technology company around has r...
informationsecuritybuzz.com - According to CNN, the Democratic National Committee’s head of cybersecurity, Bob Lord, is warning presidential primary candidates that the best time for hackers to target their campaigns is right now — in the early days of the cycle. The DNC advises campaigns to create a security plan and follow ...
