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December 13, 2019 0 Comments Internet, malware, Security

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0800

One morning Wilma, the print shop manager at a beer distributor, discovers that her computer has a virus. It’s no big deal — sometimes bad things happen to good computers — so she cleans up the system and gets on with her day.

But a few days later the system is infected again.

Considerably more annoyed this time, she contacts Betty (the company’s sole IT person) to get some assistance and make sure the system is 100% clean. After disinfecting the system, Betty checks the browser history and finds that someone has been making late-night visits to X-rated websites.

The question then becomes, Who is using company resources to watch porn? At most companies, suspicion would immediately fall on the nighttime cleaning crew. But the print shop is located in the warehouse, to which the cleaning crew doesn’t have access.

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee publishes plan to save the web from ‘digital dystopia’

November 26, 2019 0 Comments contract for the web, facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Privacy, sir tim berners-lee, twitter, world wide web

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:27:10 +0000

Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has proposed a ‘Contract for the Web’ to rescue it from a headlong plunge into a moral abyss.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ei841Vw1q5s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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IoT bills and guidelines: a global response

November 22, 2019 0 Comments australia, california, Internet, Internet of Things, IoT, iot laws, iot legislation, passwords, Privacy, technology laws, technology legislation, uk, united states, US

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:27:47 +0000

IoT laws and guidelines abound, as we take a look what’s happening around the world in the name of securing Internet-connected devices.

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Tags: Australia California internet Internet of Things IoT iot laws iot legislation passwords technology laws technology legislation uk united states us

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A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

November 4, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, adobe creative cloud, advanced persistent threats, american cancer society, Android, APT, blogger, cybersecurity challenges, data breach, disaster donation scam, emoji app, esports, Fancy Bear, fraud, FTC, gafgyt, Internet, journalists, maas, Magecart, malware-as-a-service, messagetap, nuclear power corp of india, raccoon, retina-x, sextortion, smb, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:37:57 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of October 28 – November 3, including cyberattacks against SMBs, the Internet’s 50th birthday, stalkerware, donation scams, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: Adobe Creative Cloud advanced persistent threats American Cancer Society Android APT blogger cybersecurity challenges data breach disaster donation scam emoji app esports Fancy Bear fraud FTC Gafgyt internet journalists MaaS Magecart Malware-as-a-Service MessageTap Nuclear Power Corp of India Raccoon Retina-X sextortion SMB stalkerware US Federal Trade Commission wordpress

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As Internet turns 50, more risks and possibilities emerge

October 29, 2019 0 Comments arpanet, Awareness, dns, domain, domains, history of the internet, Internet, internet dangers, internet infrastructure, internet safety, ip address, Network, networks, online threats, world wide web

Credit to Author: Akshay Bhargava| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The world as we know it changed on October 29, 1969, the day the Internet was born. 50 years later, it’s both ubiquitous and full of potential—and risks.

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Tags: arpanet dns domain domains history of the internet internet internet dangers internet infrastructure internet safety IP address network networks online threats world wide web

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World first study with drone cameras now separates living from the dead

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Detectors, Geography, Healthy Aging, Human Biology, Internet, Natural Disasters, Photography, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Tsunamis, Weapons Technology, Wearable Technology

Autonomous drone cameras have been trialled for several years to detect signs of life in disaster zones. Now, in a world first study, researchers have taken this a step further.

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Browser tool aims to help researchers ID malicious websites, code

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Computer Modeling, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Computers and Internet, encryption, Hacking, Internet, Software

Researchers have developed an open-source tool that allows users to track and record the behavior of JavaScript programs without alerting the websites that run those programs. The tool, called VisibleV8, runs in the Chrome browser and is designed to detect malicious programs that are capable of evading existing malware detection systems.

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Prevention better than cure at preventing young users from getting involved in cybercrime

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Child Development, Child Psychology, Computer Programming, Computers and Internet, Consumer Behavior, Infant and Preschool Learning, Internet, Math Puzzles

Highly-targeted messaging campaigns from law enforcement can be surprisingly effective at dissuading young gamers from getting involved in cybercrime, a new study has suggested.

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Use of social media is taking place both online and offline

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Communications, Computers and Internet, Educational Technology, Internet, Learning Disorders, Psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

Social media has changed how people interact. However, social media use is neither static or specifically linked to certain platforms. Emerging technical capabilities, changes in lifestyle and time management as well as the increasing possibilities to engage in online and offline interaction simultaneously affect our use of social media.

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Economic impacts of colony collapse disorder

October 6, 2019 0 Comments Agriculture and Food, Economics, Educational Policy, Food and Agriculture, Industrial Relations, Internet, Markets and Finance, Math Puzzles, Mating and Breeding

BOZEMAN – The work of a Montana State University professor examining the economic impacts of colony collapse disorder among commercial honeybees was published in the <em>Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists</em> last month.