Robert Mueller’s Testimony: What Congress Needs to Know
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Here’s what members of Congress should know before they question the former special counsel.
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Adware Is the Malware You Should Actually Be Worried About
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:00:00 +0000
For all the attention on sophisticated nation-state attacks, the malware that’s most likely to hit your phone is much more mundane.
Read moreSlack tweaks desktop app to be faster, more efficient
Credit to Author: Matthew Finnegan| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:50:00 -0700
Slack has overhauled its desktop software, adding offline access and tweaking the software for faster load times.
Recent efforts to improve the desktop app were highlighted at Slack Frontiers last year and the coming update – which the company says will launch 33% faster than before – will be available to users “over the next few weeks.”
Calls made to team mates via the app should be a speedier too, up to 10 times quicker, Slack said. “That could mean the difference between showing up to a meeting on time or not,” the company said in a blog post Monday. “These moments saved can quickly add up, giving you more time to focus on the tasks at hand.”
A week in security (July 15 – 21)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:50:35 +0000
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| A roundup of cybersecurity news from July 15–21, including the Zoom camera vulnerability, Extenbro, Sodinokibi, Magecart, and cybersecurity challenges facing the education sector. Categories: Tags: 2fa bypassadvanced persistent threatAndroid appsAPTbackdoorBitPaymer ransomwarebrowser extensionsbulletproofchromecybersecurity educationDataSpiiDDos attackDoppelPaymerEvilGnomeExtenbroFaceAppfacebookFacebook reporting toolfirefoxgenerationInstagramKe3changMagecartMedia File JackingprivacyRingCentral flawSodinokibitelegramvital infrastructurewhatsappZhumu flawzoom zero-day |
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Read moreParental monitoring apps: How do they differ from stalkerware?
Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000
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| What are the differences between stalkerware apps and parental monitoring apps? What is an “acceptable” or “safe” parental monitoring app? And how can a parent know whether they’re downloading a “legitimate” parental monitoring app or instead a stalkerware app merely disguised as a tool for parents? Categories: Tags: AndroidApp Storechild monitoringchild monitoring appschildren’s monitoringchildren’s monitoring appsCircle with DisneyCitizenLabCornell Universitydigital monitoringdigital monitoring appsFamily OrbitFlexiSpyGizmodoGoogle PlayGoogle Play StoreHoverwatchIntimate Partner ViolenceiOSKidguardkids monitoring appsMCCPTAmspyNautilusOffice of the Privacy Commissioner of Canadaparental monitoringparental monitoring appsPredator in Your PocketPrivacy Rights ClearinghousespousewarespywarestalkerwaresurveillanceTeenSafeUNICEFUniversity of Central FloridaWait Until 8th |
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Read moreBrowser Extensions Scraped Data From Millions of People
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Slack passwords, NSO spyware, and more of the week’s top security news.
Read moreThe App Creeping on Your IG Location, Jakarta’s Insurance Crisis, and More News
Credit to Author: Lydia Horne| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:58:24 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
Read moreA Deep Dive Into IcedID Malware: Part II – Analysis of the Core IcedID Payload (Parent Process)
Learn more about the core IcedID payload, a banking trojan which performs web injection on browsers and acts as proxy to inspect and manipulate traffic. This is part two of a three part series.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/UXFtcuRIqfE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
LooCipher: Can Encrypted Files Be Recovered From Hell?
Learn more about the LooCipher ransomware file encryption mechanism and take a look at the possibility of decrypting affected files without paying the ransom.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/uAymCtq_z4w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
A Deep Dive Into IcedID Malware: Part I – Unpacking, Hooking and Process Injection
Learn more about IcedID, a banking trojan which performs web injection on browsers and acts as proxy to inspect and manipulate traffic. This is part one of a three part series.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/tLbTDmXG92A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>