March 2020 – Page 11 – PossibleThreat Articles

Tax Scams – Everything you need to know to keep your money and data safe

March 17, 2020 0 Comments anti-malware, anti-phishing, Antivirus, Consumer, identity protection, multi-factor authentication, password management, ransomware protection, tax scams

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 13:08:46 +0000

Tax season has always been a pretty nerve-wracking time for hard-working Americans. But over the years, technology advances have arrived to gradually make the process a bit easier. The bad news is that they can also introduce new cyber risks and even more stress. There are two things that cybercriminals are always on the hunt…

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This Week in Security News: 10,000 Users Affected by Leak from Misconfigured AWS Cloud Storage and Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

March 17, 2020 0 Comments Current News

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:07:12 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how the data of train commuters in the U.K. who were using the free Wi-Fi in Network Rail-managed stations was unintentionally leaked due to an…

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Independent Krebs Security

The Case for Limiting Your Browser Extensions

March 3, 2020 0 Comments 212b3d4039ab5319ec.js, blue shield of california, Breadcrumbs, cndpps, domaintools.com, frankomedison1020@gmail.com, icontent, linkojager, metrext, monetizus, page ruler extension, peter newnham, thisadsfor

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:39:53 +0000

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity reported to health insurance provider Blue Shield of California that its Web site was flagged by multiple security products as serving malicious content. Blue Shield quickly removed the unauthorized code. An investigation determined it was injected by a browser extension installed on the computer of a Blue Shield employee who’d edited the Web site in the past month. The incident is a reminder that browser extensions — however useful or fun they may seem when you install them — typically have a great deal of power and can effectively read and/or write all data in your browsing sessions. And as we’ll see, it’s not uncommon for extension makers to sell or lease their user base to shady advertising firms, or in some cases abandon them to outright cybercriminals.

Security Sophos

Digital piggy bank sevice broken into by cybercrooks

March 3, 2020 0 Comments data breach, data loss, loqbox, phishing

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:08:13 +0000

A financial proivider that gives loans but locks them down to turn them into savings… didn’t lock down its own network.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/zpLp7E5OQY8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Huge flaw found in how facial features are measured from images

March 3, 2020 0 Comments AI, anthropometry, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, camera-to-subject distance, conference, eilidh noyes, face matching, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, Machine Learning, research, surveillance, ufig, unfamiliar face identification group, university of huddersfield

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:48:02 +0000

It has to do with optics: faces appear to flatten out as we get further away. Our brains compensate, but AI-run facial recognition doesn’t.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/A15DxfJxLcc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

March 3, 2020 0 Comments adtech, advertising, branch, braze, data loss, Data Sharing, facebook, goodrx, Google, hipaa, Marketing, medical information, Mobile, mobile marketing, personal data deletion, prescription drugs, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, surveillance, targeted advertising, targeted marketing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:47:27 +0000

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Mjy_qyNwWEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Microsoft Security

Microsoft identity acronyms—what do they mean and how do they relate to each other?

March 3, 2020 0 Comments Azure Security, Identity and access management, Security Intelligence

Credit to Author: Todd VanderArk| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:00:54 +0000

This is the first in a blog series to help lessen confusion around identity by sharing with you some of the terms used at Microsoft.

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Security Sophos

Nvidia patches severe flaws affecting GeForce, Quadro NVS and Tesla

March 3, 2020 0 Comments cve vulnerabilities, cve‑2020‑5957, cve‑2020‑5958, cve‑2020‑5959, cve‑2020‑5960, cve‑2020‑5961, CVEs, geforce, gpu display, Linux, malware, Microsoft, NVIDIA, nvidia gpu, nvs, Operating Systems, Patches, Patching, quadro, security threats, tesla, vulnerability, Windows, windows gpu display driver

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:09:05 +0000

In all, the update covers five Windows and Linux desktop CVE vulnerabilities, including one rated as critical.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YitOMgSO498″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>