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LinkedIn Adds Verified Emails, Profile Creation Dates

November 4, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, employment fraud, security tools

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 21:09:52 +0000

For whatever reason, the majority of the phony LinkedIn profiles reviewed by this author have involved young women with profile photos that appear to be generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. We’re seeing rapid advances in AI-based synthetic image generation technology and we’ve created a deep learning model to better catch profiles made with this technology. AI-based image generators can create an unlimited number of unique, high-quality profile photos that do not correspond to real people. Fake accounts sometimes use these convincing, AI-generated profile photos to make their fake LinkedIn profile appear more authentic.

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Wormable Flaw, 0days Lead Sept. 2022 Patch Tuesday

September 13, 2022 0 Comments asheer malhotra, Cisco Talos, dustin childs, ios 16, jon munshaw, kevin breen, lily hay newman, lockdown mode, microsoft patch tuesday september 2022, pangu lab, safety check, satnam narang, security tools, Time to Patch, trend micro, xinru chi

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:23:45 +0000

This month’s Patch Tuesday offers a little something for everyone, including security updates for a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Windows that is under active attack, and another Windows weakness experts say could be used to power a fast-spreading computer worm. Also, Apple has also quashed a pair of zero-day bugs affecting certain macOS and iOS users, and released iOS 16, which includes a nifty new privacy and security feature called “Lockdown Mode.” And Adobe axed 63 vulnerabilities in a range of products.

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Transacting in Person with Strangers from the Internet

September 9, 2022 0 Comments internet purchase & exchange location, safeexchangepoint.com, safetradeoptions.com, security tools

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 12:40:03 +0000

Communities like Craigslist, OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace and others are great for finding low- or no-cost stuff that one can pick up directly from a nearby seller, and for getting rid of useful things that don’t deserve to end up in a landfill. But when dealing with strangers from the Internet, there is always a risk that the person you’ve agreed to meet has other intentions.

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How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

August 30, 2022 0 Comments 0ktapus, christopher knauer, CloudFlare, Data Breaches, digitalocean, doordash, group-ib, klaviyo, mailchimp, matthew prince, security keys, security tools, signal, sitel group, T-Mobile, teleperformance, twilio, twitter, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:53:39 +0000

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices.

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The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases

August 10, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alex holden, allekabels, Data Breaches, email alias, haveibeenpwned.com, Hold Security, rtl nieuws, security tools, troy hunt

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:10:59 +0000

One way to tame your email inbox is to get in the habit of using unique email aliases when signing up for new accounts online. Adding a “+” character after the username portion of your email address — followed by a notation specific to the site you’re signing up at — lets you create an infinite number of unique email addresses tied to the same account. Aliases can help users detect breaches and fight spam. But not all websites allow aliases, and they can complicate account recovery. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of adopting a unique alias for each website.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2022 Edition

July 12, 2022 0 Comments cve-2022-22022, cve-2022-22029, cve-2022-22038, cve-2022-22039, cve-2022-22041, cve-2022-22047, cve-2022-30206, cve-2022-30221, cve-2022-30226, dan goodin, greg wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, microsoft patch tuesday july 2022, rapid7, security tools, sergiu gatlan, tenable, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 01:02:49 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 86 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software, including a weakness in all supported versions of Windows that Microsoft warns is actively being exploited. The software giant also has made a controversial decision to put the brakes on a plan to block macros in Office documents downloaded from the Internet.

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Your Phone May Soon Replace Many of Your Passwords

May 7, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Apple, fido alliance, Google, johannes ullrich, Microsoft, nicholas weaver, sampath srinivas, sans, security tools, spycloud, steve bellovin, world wide web consortium

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 13:31:17 +0000

Apple, Google and Microsoft announced this week they will soon support an approach to authentication that avoids passwords altogether, and instead requires users to merely unlock their smartphones to sign in to websites or online services. Experts say the changes should help defeat many types of phishing attacks and ease the overall password burden on Internet users, but caution that a true passwordless future may still be years away for most websites.

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You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results

April 29, 2022 0 Comments briansclub, Google, michelle chang, security tools, techcrunch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:25:49 +0000

Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email address or physical address. The move comes just months after Google rolled out a new policy enabling people under the age of 18 (or a parent/guardian) to request removal of their images from Google search results.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2022 Edition

April 13, 2022 0 Comments Latest Warnings, security tools, Time to Patch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:01:24 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to fix roughly 120 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the flaws have been publicly detailed prior to this week, and one is already seeing active exploitation, according to a report from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

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Patch Tuesday Lowdown, October 2019 Edition

October 9, 2019 0 Comments cve-2019-1367, ivanti, Latest Warnings, remote desktop, security tools, Time to Patch, woody leonhard

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:00:58 +0000

On Tuesday Microsoft issued software updates to fix almost five dozen security problems in Windows and software designed to run on top of it. By most accounts, it’s a relatively light patch batch this month. Here’s a look at the highlights.