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A week in security (February 14 – February 20)

February 21, 2022 0 Comments 49ers, A week in security, Adobe, chrome, kosa, LinkedIn, magento, pegasus, roblox beamers, skylines, valentine's day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:58:31 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Tags: 49ers adobe chrome KOSA LinkedIn magento Pegasus roblox beamers skylines valentine’s day

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Watch out for this bump in LinkedIn phishing

February 19, 2022 0 Comments LinkedIn, mails, phish, phishing, Scam, scammers, scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 20:23:45 +0000

We look at a study claiming LinkedIn phishing has increased by a significant amount across February. Watch out for these bogus emails!

Categories: Scams

Tags: LinkedIn mails phish phishing scam scammers

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How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn

February 3, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, amazon, avanan, check point, fortinet, irs, jeremy fuchs, Latest Warnings, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Paypal, slinks, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 18:49:38 +0000

If you received a link to LinkedIn.com via email, SMS or instant message, would you click it? Spammers, phishers and other ne’er-do-wells are hoping you will, because they’ve long taken advantage of a marketing feature on the business networking site which lets them create a LinkedIn.com link that bounces your browser to other websites, such as phishing pages that mimic top online brands (but chiefly Linkedin’s parent firm Microsoft).

Security Sophos

Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints

February 7, 2020 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometrics, BIPA, CFAA, class action, clearview ai, david mutnick, DCMA, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, first amendment, Google, hiQ Labs, hoan ton-that, Illinois, illinois biometric information privacy act, Instagram, Law & order, law enforcement, lawsuit, LinkedIn, Machine Learning, Privacy, privacy law, Social networks, twitter, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:30:03 +0000

It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/X7rOITrf5_c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (November 18 – 24)

November 25, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, coalition against stalkerware, data leaks, deepfake, disney+, exploit kits, IoT, juice jacking, LinkedIn, Ransomware, Stalkerware, web skimmer

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:55:31 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from November 18 – 24, including Coalition against stalkerware, exploit kits, ransomware, data leaks, and juice jacking.

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A week in security

Tags: Coalition Against Stalkerware data leaks deepfake Disney+exploit kits IoT juice jacking LinkedIn ransomware stalkerware web skimmer

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Deepfakes and LinkedIn: malign interference campaigns

November 20, 2019 0 Comments AI, computer generated, deepfakes, fakes, katie jones, LinkedIn, munira, Social engineering, stratcom

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Don’t discount deepfakes just yet. We may not be fooled by phony Mark Zuckerberg anymore, but the discovery of a fake LinkedIn profile sporting a deepfake avatar shows how social engineering can deceive through the mundane.

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Social engineering

Tags: AI computer generated deepfakes fakes katie jones LinkedIn munira Social Engineering stratcom

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ACCESS Act might improve data privacy through interoperability

November 6, 2019 0 Comments access act, apple pages, Big Tech, center for democracy and technology, competition, congress, data interoperability, data portability, Data privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, ello, European Union, facebook, Facebook Messenger, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Google, google docs, Instagram, interoperability, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, mastodon, Messenger, Microsoft Word, portability, Privacy, senate, the access act, twitter, us congress, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, user privacy, whatsapp

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Data privacy is back in Congressional lawmakers’ sights, as proposed legislation called the ACCESS Act focuses not on data collection, storage, and selling, but on the idea that Americans should be able to easily pack up their data and take it to a competing service. But will this actually protect privacy?

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Privacy

Tags: ACCESS Act Apple Pages Big Tech Center for Democracy and Technology competition congress data interoperability data portability Data privacy data privacy laws data privacy legislation Ello European Union facebook Facebook Messenger gdpr General Data Protection Regulation Google google docs Instagram interoperability LinkedIn Mark Zuckerberg Mastodon messenger microsoft word portability Senate The ACCESS Act twitter US Congress US data privacy laws US data privacy legislation user privacy whatsapp

Security Sophos

Hackers plead guilty to breach that Uber covered up

November 1, 2019 0 Comments brandon charles glover, coverup, data breach, data loss, extortion, hush money, Law & order, LinkedIn, lynda, security threats, uber, vasile mereacre

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:45:41 +0000

The two men pointed to Uber’s $100K hush-money payment when they tried to extort Linkedin-owned Lynda… that instead called the cops.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5jZvM2TMsYc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Watch out for this latest LinkedIn phish that’s ‘sent’ by a friend

October 15, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, account takeover, LinkedIn, phishing

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:02:41 +0000

We recently showed you how crooks rip off social networking passwords – here’s what they do with stolen accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gPv7HneIlgQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Job seekers are scrubbing clean their social media accounts

October 10, 2019 0 Comments employment, facebook, job applicants, job candidates, jpd, LinkedIn, online privacy, Privacy, recruiter, social media, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:04:24 +0000

Most people nowadays are quite aware that hiring managers put their social media postings under a microscope, a new survey finds.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/eFV3-DLwZNg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>