February 2020 – Page 24 – PossibleThreat Articles

Fintech security: the challenges and fails of a new era

February 5, 2020 0 Comments cryptocurrency, finacials, fintech, GDPR, green padlock, identity management, Magecart, payment requests, Ransomware, Vital infrastructure, web skimmers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:24:35 +0000

The fintech industry has gone through some dramatic changes during the last decade and is still trying to adapt. Is security still one of their priorities?

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Vital infrastructure

Tags: cryptocurrency finacials fintech gdpr green padlock identity management Magecart payment requests ransomware vital infrastructure web skimmers

Security Sophos

Coronavirus “safety measures” email is a phishing scam

February 5, 2020 0 Comments corona del mar high school, corona virus, coronavirus, phishing, Scam, who

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:51:00 +0000

Sadly, cybercrooks love a crisis, because it gives them a believable reason to contact you with a phishing scam. Take care out there!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dBzPRuGB_so” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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PayPal SMS scams – don’t fall for them!

February 5, 2020 0 Comments phishing, phishing scam, Privacy, sms phishing, SMS spam, text message

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:39:12 +0000

Text messages may be old hat – but SMS is still a handy tool for crooks out to find more about you.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OuQJbO6XlzE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Wired

The Iowa Caucus Meltdown, a Coronavirus Mask Shortage, and More News

February 5, 2020 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:20:31 +0000

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

Security Wired

The Iowa Caucus Tech Meltdown Is a Warning

February 5, 2020 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:00:57 +0000

The Iowa results will come in eventually, thanks to a paper trail. But it underscores just how much can go wrong when you lean on unnecessary, untested tech.

Security Sophos

Someone else may have your videos, Google tells users

February 5, 2020 0 Comments cloud storage, data loss, duo security, Google, google photos, google take out, google takeaway, Privacy, security threats, the cloud

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:58:47 +0000

As the well-worn internet saying goes – there is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ANgXswF_DM0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook will let parents see kids’ chat history, peer into inbox

February 5, 2020 0 Comments chat, children online, Coppa, facebook, kids, messenger kids, parent dashboard, parental controls, Privacy, privacy policy, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:58:14 +0000

It’s revamping Messenger Kids with new parental controls and updated information on its children’s data policy.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YUhRiBvzy6c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Critical Android flaws patched in February bulletin

February 5, 2020 0 Comments Android, android open source project, critical flaws, cve-2020-0022, cve-2020-0023, CVEs, flaws, Google, google pixel, Mobile, Operating Systems, Patches, Patching, Pixel, qualcomm, rce, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:46:14 +0000

Google has patched Android bugs that include a couple of critical flaws that could let hackers run their own code on the mobile operating system.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k2wIz5MF-3I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

It’s not too late to get an Extended Security Update license for Windows 7

February 5, 2020 0 Comments Microsoft, Security, Windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 04:42:00 -0800

Worried about the future of your Win7 machine? Welcome to the family.

Right now, we have a promise that Microsoft will fix the “Stretch” wallpaper bug it rolled out last month, and there’s some hope that it will fix the Internet Explorer JScript engine security hole CVE-2020-0674 noted last month in Security Advisory ADV200001. We don’t know how/when the fix(es) will be distributed, or if Microsoft will soften its “no free Win7 patches after January 14” edict in some other way.

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Twitter admits to raid on users’ phone numbers

February 5, 2020 0 Comments 2fa, android app, data loss, ibrahim balic, phone numbers, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, twitter, twitter phone numbers, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:20:13 +0000

It relates to Twitter’s contact upload feature, which allows users to find others via contact info such as email or phone number.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JjUJFBQ-IaQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>