Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:32:46 +0000
HTTPS web encryption – blessing or curse? A new SophosLabs report looks at how much the crooks love TLS.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2I1AdG1EeE4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:44:46 +0000
Ten days after a suspected ransomware attack, residents of the English borough of Redcar and Cleveland must be starting to wonder when their Council’s IT systems will return.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OeNzmMzg6c4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:35:05 +0000
A small but determined group of Twitter users think it is a good idea to direct message (DM) pictures of male genitals to complete strangers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CPnZboOMQOg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:12:57 +0000
Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CvCaGAUzQzs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:04:56 +0000
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3bHx9OL42rQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800
Many security professionals have long held that the words “mobile security” are an oxymoron. True or not, with today’s mobile usage soaring in enterprises, that viewpoint may become irrelevant. It’s a reasonable estimate that 2020 knowledge workers use mobile devices to either supplement or handle much of their work 98% of the time. Laptops still have a role (OK, if you want to get literal, I suppose a laptop can be considered mobile), but that’s only because of their larger screens and keyboards. I’d give mobile players maybe three more years before that becomes moot.
That means that security on mobile needs to become a top priority. To date, that usually has been addressed with enterprise-grade mobile VPNs, antivirus and more secure communication methods (such as Signal). But in the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report — always a worthwhile read — Verizon eloquently argues that aside from wireless, the form factor of mobile in and of itself poses security risks.
Credit to Author: Manisha Prajapati| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:45:17 +0000
Ransomware authors keep exploring new ways to test their strengths against various malware evasion techniques. The ransomware known as “Ouroboros” is intensifying its footprint in the field by bringing more and more advancements in its behavior as it updates its version. This analysis provides the behaviour of version 6, few…
Read moreCredit to Author: Rich Beckett| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:46:55 +0000
Easily visualize the relationships between IAM roles, IAM users, and services, and much more with the latest Sophos Cloud Optix release.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/W2wW5OLmqeQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:13:06 +0000
A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program. In this scam, the fraudsters demand bitcoin in exchange for a promise not to flood the publisher’s ads with so much bot and junk traffic that Google’s automated anti-fraud systems suspend the user’s AdSense account for suspicious traffic.
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:07:48 +0000
Google has abruptly pulled over 500 Chrome extensions from its Web Store that researchers discovered were stealing browsing data and executing click fraud and malvertising.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/izP6lapUPOU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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