Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:35:14 +0000
Google and all its products can dominate the average person’s life. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to remove yourself from their ecosystem.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 10:20:30 +0000
The most important and interesting stories in security from the last seven days.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 11:51:58 +0000
Three tech giants used World Password Day to announce their commitment to a passwordless future using FIDO Alliance standards.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Sun, 08 May 2022 11:51:58 +0000
Three tech giants used World Password Day to announce their commitment to a passwordless future using FIDO Alliance standards.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 13:31:17 +0000
Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:56:07 +0000
Google has been busy. After introducing badges for browser apps, it’s also launched its “nutrition labels” for apps.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.
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Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:46:00 -0700
Jamf has announced a series of significant updates to Jamf Protect, introducing a unique set of technologies designed to make enterprise devices more secure while also identifying and responding to incoming endpoint threats. The company also introduced, Jamf Trust, which aims to make this kind of security simple to use. (The latter is also available for Android and Windows.)
The big news for Mac security, Jamf Protect, now offers a comprehensive endpoint and network security solution, supplementing its existing protections with new tools for:
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:34:51 +0000
Apple will soon be rolling out its promised child safety features in the Messages app for users in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:09:39 +0000
KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active members last month. The logs show LAPSUS$ breached T-Mobile multiple times in March, stealing source code for a range of company projects. T-Mobile says no customer or government information was stolen in the intrusion. LAPSUS$ is known for stealing data and then demanding a ransom not to publish or sell it. But the leaked chats indicate this mercenary activity was of little interest to the tyrannical teenage leader of LAPSUS$, whose obsession with stealing and leaking proprietary computer source code from the world’s largest tech companies ultimately led to the group’s undoing.
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