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New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments

January 27, 2020 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, legislation, malware, New York, new york senate, ransom payment, Ransomware, s7246, s7289, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:12:18 +0000

One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M15zqIhc3yU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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UN report alleges that Saudi crown prince hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

January 23, 2020 0 Comments amazon, Celebrities, crown prince, Hacked, jamal khashoggi, jeff bezos, malware, mbs, mohammed bin salman, pegasus, phone hack, saudi arabia, security threats, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:38:10 +0000

Digital forensic evidence points to the phone’s massive, months-long data egress having likely been triggered by Pegasus mobile spyware.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cudbgBhrFvg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple allegedly made nice with FBI by dropping iCloud encryption plan

January 23, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, Apple, backdoors, backups, Cryptography, data loss, encryption, FBI, icloud, iOS, iPhone, keydrop, Law & order, Mobile, plesio, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:05:12 +0000

Sources told Reuters that Apple may have been convinced by arguments made during the legal fight over cracking the San Bernardino iPhone.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qyltSL5-IRc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sonos’s tone-deaf legacy product policy angers customers

January 23, 2020 0 Comments cloud service, end-of-life, eol, legacy hardware, security threats, security updates, software updates, sonos

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:51:17 +0000

Stopping software updates for legacy kit is nothing new, but it’s the way the company has done it that has Sonos customers’ hackles up.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4YXp5F5XJZ0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI issues warning about lucrative fake job scams

January 23, 2020 0 Comments employment scam, fake job scams, FBI, IC3, Law & order, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:30:58 +0000

What’s the difference between a real job and a fake one found on the internet? The fake ones are suspiciously easy to get interviews for.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/gAFkIxgbe1k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play

January 22, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, booter sites, booters, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Denial of Service, Gaming, Law & order, lawsuit, online gaming, penetration testing, r6s, rainbow six siege, security threats, ubisoft

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:39:14 +0000

The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RCiMuJPJaio” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Citrix ships patches as vulnerable servers come under attack

January 21, 2020 0 Comments application delivery controller (adc), citrix, Patching, positive technologies, security threats, vpn, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:32:31 +0000

Citrix has issued its first set of patches fixing a nasty vulnerability that’s been hanging over some of its biggest products.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k-13b57A6n8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI seizes credentials-for-sale site WeLeakInfo.com

January 20, 2020 0 Comments credentials-for-sale, data breach, data leak, data loss, FBI, Law & order, netherlands, northern ireland, security threats, stolen credentials, stolen data, uk, US, weleakinfo.com

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 12:21:18 +0000

The FBI has seized the domain for WeLeakInfo.com, a site that sold breached data records, after a multinational effort by law enforcement.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XbN7y20SIRI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI to inform election officials about hacking attempts

January 20, 2020 0 Comments election hacking, election meddling, FBI, Government security, Hacking, Law & order, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:58:29 +0000

The FBI has announced that it will tell local election officials when hackers try to infiltrate their systems.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/YDB2zgAZ1YM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Oracle’s January 2020 update patches 334 security flaws

January 17, 2020 0 Comments #mansionparty, oracle, oracle patch, Patch, Patching, security flaws, security threats, security updates, Vulnerabilities, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:31:27 +0000

The January 2020 update featured a joint record of 334 patches, matching an identical number released in July 2018.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uQefUNviL2Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>