Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:39:14 +0000

The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RCiMuJPJaio” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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NIST’s new privacy rules – what you need to know

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:56:40 +0000

How do you ensure you’re compliant with privacy regulations? NIST has released a Privacy Framework to help you get your house in order.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qZfuL8tJwO4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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First Node.js-based Ransomware : Nodera

Credit to Author: Ravi Gidwani| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:12:25 +0000

Recently while threat hunting, Quick Heal Security Labs came across an unusual Node.js framework based Nodera ransomware. The use of Node.js framework is not seen commonly across malware families. Latest development by threat actors reveal a nasty and one-of-its-kind ransomware being created; one that uses Node.js framework, which enables it to infect Windows…

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Nobody boogies quite like you

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:38:05 +0000

Our unique dancing style can be used by a machine-learning model to ID us, regardless of musical genre. Unless it’s Metal. We all headbang.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uprytRWl518″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Galaxy users, take note: Samsung's probably selling your data

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Relying on Google services, as most of us Android-carrying primates do, comes with a certain tradeoff. It’s no big secret or anything: Google makes its money by selling ads, which are more effective when they’re catered to our interests — the subjects we tend to search about, the things we buy (when Google knows about ’em, at least), and often even the places we go with our location-enabled phones in tow (and/or in toe, for the monkeys among us).

That’s all par for the course, as I frequently say — part of the deal we all accept when we use Google services. That’s what makes it possible for Google to give us top-notch apps for free, and it’s also what opens the door to certain advanced features that wouldn’t be possible without that information’s presence.

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Windows 7 reaches End of Life (EOL) – Are you ready for the risks or would you rather upgrade your OS?

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:37:49 +0000

14 Jan 2020 marked a huge day for Windows, as Microsoft ended support for Windows 7, the operating system that had been touching lives for nearly 11 years. Introduced almost a decade back, Windows 7 was designed basically to fix the failures that came with Windows Vista. The popularity of…

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