Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:53:51 +0000
Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange’s “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LnDwGsb6p10″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:39:56 +0000
Die meisten Leute denken, dass Phishing-Attacken generell via Mail kommen. Das stimmt auch größtenteils, denn das großflächige Verteilen via Elektropost ist eine günstige und effektive Angriffsmethode. Doch längst nicht alle Phishing-Attacken kommen per Mail. Phishing ist mit jeglicher elektronischer Kommunikation möglich, einschließlich Social Media, Instant Messaging und sogar über die gute alte SMS – um […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ibA-CnhYNcU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Pilot fish and his help desk colleagues do a lot of password resets and have learned that it’s best to sympathize with the callers and normalize forgetting those strings of letters, numbers and symbols. It can happen to anybody is the message.
But some forgetfulness is more normal than others, finds fish, who told one user, “I’m going to reset your password to your last name, with the first letter capitalized.”
Reports fish: “He said, ‘Wait a minute. Let me get a pencil and paper to write that down.
“I then spelled his last name for him and reminded him to capitalize the first letter. He thanked me and hung up the phone.
“Surreal doesn’t even begin to describe how this felt!”
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 13:31:02 +0000
A UN phishing attack, Adobe accounts exposed, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:31:41 +0000
Three senators have called for an investigation into the social media app, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:43:54 +0000
Sing it loud: The App Store’s not perfect. Especially when it’s up against click fraud code this clever.
Read moreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:05:35 +0000
Managed service providers looking to increase their business often face the choice of whether to focus on finding new customers or expanding their existing base. But there’s a growing opportunity making the latter option especially appealing. The small and midsize businesses that comprise the bulk of the MSP customer base have a limited understanding of…
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Read moreCredit to Author: Osama Tahir| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:31 +0000
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| Doxing, or collecting and spreading private information about a user online, is a form of cyber harassment, stalking, and even a potential threat to physical safety. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself against it. Categories: Tags: doxdoxerdoxingIP addressmobile VPNsonline privacypassword managerpersonal datapersonally identifiable informationprivacySocial Engineeringsocial mediavpnVPNsWHOIS |
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:33:28 +0000
Mozilla has added another privacy tweak to Firefox version 70 – the ability to quickly see how often websites are tracking users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TxqeyH4Au6Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Keybase exists to keep things safe online. And it doesn’t use 2FA to do it.
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