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A week in security (July 22 – 28)

July 29, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, AdwCleaner, Amazong, BlueKeep, Cloud Security, Elasticsearch, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FaceApp, facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Flight 17, FTC, Malaysian Airlines, Marcus Hutchins, office 365, online privacy, parental monitoring, parental monitoring apps, Phobos, pre-installed software, Ransomware, Ring doorbell, russia, russian disinformation, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, WannaCry, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:50:58 +0000

The latest cybersecurity news for the week of July 22–28. We look at Phobos ransomware, stalkerware’s similarities to parental monitoring apps, and the investigation into Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

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A week in security

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FaceApp scares point to larger data collection problems

July 24, 2019 0 Comments Chuck Schumer, end user license agreement, FaceApp, facial recognition, government surveillance, Privacy, privacy policy, russia, terms of service

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:38:29 +0000

The blowback against FaceApp—for which data the company can collect and how it can use that data—is a bit overblown. Countless American companies do the exact same thing today.

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Tags: Chuck Schumer end user license agreement FaceApp facial recognition government surveillance privacy policy russia terms of service

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FSB hackers drop files online

July 23, 2019 0 Comments 0v1ru$, Digital Revolution, FSB, Government security, kremlin, russia, russian hacker, security threats, Tor

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:48:59 +0000

A hacking group that distributed files stolen from a Russian contractor to the media last week has published some of the documents online.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nkr8ZrG8j1s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation shows Russian disinformation campaigns have global reach

July 23, 2019 0 Comments bellingcat, buk, disinformation, fake news, IRA, JIT, malaysia airlines, mh17, russia, russian disinformation, russian propaganda, Social engineering, social media, twitter, ukraine

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:54:56 +0000

In June, investigators released a warrant to arrest Russian and Ukrainian nationals for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. However, Russian disinformation campaigns have spread about the true cause of the fight’s demise. How can we separate fact from fiction and protect against fake news?

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Social engineering

Tags: bellingcat buk disinformation fake news IRA JIT malaysia airlines mh17 russia russian disinformation russian propaganda social media twitter ukraine