Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking 6,000 accounts

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:41:17 +0000

Reyes Daniel Ruiz went after younger women’s accounts, including those of his personal friends and work colleagues, he admitted.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/aH0yMJKQHEU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Darknet hosting provider in underground NATO bunker busted

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:41:45 +0000

Police overcame not only digital defenses of the “bulletproof” provider CyberBunker but also barbed wire fences and surveillance cams.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mdF0Y34b2RU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Darknet hosting provider busted in underground NATO bunker

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:41:45 +0000

Police overcame not only digital defenses of the “bulletproof” provider CyberBunker but also barbed wire fences and surveillance cams.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mdF0Y34b2RU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Social media manipulation as a political tool is spreading

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:05:39 +0000

Researchers say ‘cyber troops’ in 70 countries are using it to automate suppression, mount smear campaigns, or spread disinformation.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-Wc88WInp-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Fleeceware’ Play store apps quietly charging up to $250

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:16:56 +0000

SophosLabs researchers discovered at least 15 apps with millions of downloads charging extraordinary prices right under the Google’s nose.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/H5gANUVkXYM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qoySkY_s2X8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russian pleads guilty in massive JPMorgan hacking scheme

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:27:06 +0000

Andrei Tyurin is the first to be convicted in one of the largest thefts of customer data from a single US financial institution in history.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tqRY012oxXA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:55:04 +0000

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they’re European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XQWHqX4_TKA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Investors accuse FedEx of lying, stock dumping after NotPetya attack

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:36:45 +0000

This is the second such suit, with shareholders asking why execs sold $40m+ of their shares while downplaying the ransomware attack.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DZkjtO37crE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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