SecureWorld News

JULY 11, 2022

Axie Infinity, a video game that utilizes NFTs and Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies, lost $540 million in March of this year after a senior engineer was tricked into opening a PDF of a fake job application, according to a story from The Block. The employee who fell for the social engineering scheme no longer works for Sky Mavis.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Advanced System Protector protects your PC from adware, spyware, phishing scams and other malware threats effectively. It works on powerful scan engines to help you detect and remove all malware threats effectively. This smart security solution offers seamless browsing and PC experience. Bitdefender Total Security 2019.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

Cybersecurity vendor experts provided their commentary on the findings: Zane Bond, Head of Product at Keeper Security, said: "The first phase of any breach begins with an external facing risk, such as a software vulnerability or employee who falls victim to phishing. Historically, user errors have been more of a risk than technical issues.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 5, 2023

However, not all of these downloads are authorized or secure. The quality or security of the torrents hosted by The Pirate Bay are not verified or regularly checked. To safeguard your security and privacy online, you should constantly run antivirus software on the files you download and make use of a VPN.

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The Verge

APRIL 28, 2021

Apple claims Epic is trying to break the iOS platform’s vaunted safety and security for its own gain. Scott Forstall, former senior vice president, iOS Software — covering “differences between mobile devices and PCs; security and privacy considerations for mobile devices; historical App Store policies and practices.”.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And while we have gained both safety and security as a result of this ability to globally track people and things, we seemed to have lost our true sense of privacy. We simply looked at the signal strength of all nearby phones and created alert systems to trigger when these signals got too strong or too close to secure areas.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

Cyber hygiene encompasses a set of practices and steps that computer and device users can easily incorporate into their daily routines to ensure the health of their digital systems and enhance online security. Just as personal hygiene ensures good health, cyber hygiene promotes a safe and secure digital environment.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Bond sneaks in through a door following someone, makes a persuasive speech to the security guard who welcomes him inside, and achieves his goal. Authorized people are often more likely to let someone into a secure area if they are following closely behind another authorized person. Isn’t the scenario too familiar?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It’s completely secure. We wanted to see if we could find a way to add the same level of end-to-end encrypted security that you get when you send a message across WhatsApp to those backups. In some of the stories around spyware companies , the most worrying version of this is where they get full access to your phone.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2023

Common Types of Cyber Attacks Common techniques that criminal hackers use to penetrate systems include social engineering, password attacks, malware, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.”

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. It's time to build your security the same way.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. It's time to build your security the same way.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 14, 2019

The CyberWire Daily podcast delivers the day's cyber security news into a concise format. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. Dave Bittner: [00:00:03] A contractor for Russia's FSB security agency was apparently breached. It's time to build your security the same way.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

MAY 11, 2007

Versioning solutions are complex and security problems abound with xls and docs all over the planet in temp folders or saved locally. Microsoft attempt at securing this data using their flavor of DRM is a joke, with no external collaboration easy or even possible. Pour out the Kool Aide my friend, Google's on the right track.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Johnson Cyber security is rapidly becoming a significant issue in the C-suite as well as the population at large. The results of Dell’s Global Technology Adoption Index(GTAI) [1] show that security is a top concern for most of the 2000 global small and medium businesses surveyed. by Sandra K. For example, recent breaches include 3.65

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its search algorithms and security mechanisms boast unmatched sophistication, but when a well-motivated adversary steps in, they aren't effective enough to stop all forms of exploitation in their tracks. Under the guise of account hacking tools, the malefactors were mostly distributing a spyware program known as Emotet.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? Some of those who bought the spyware were allegedly able to see live locations of the devices, view the targets emails, photos, web browsing history, text messages, video calls, etc. Welcome to the hacker mind, in original podcast from for all security.

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Vox

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Apple has said it does this to ensure that its products are easy to use, private, and secure. Apple says the security and privacy features its customers expect are impossible to provide without having this control over the apps on its phone. But Apple’s operating systems — macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS — are only on Apple’s devices.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 16, 2024

QiAnXin XLab uncovers Glutton backdoor used in cyberattacks Glutton, discovered in late April 2024 but believed to have been deployed as early as December 2023, is engineered to gather sensitive system information and execute malicious code on popular PHP frameworks like Laravel, ThinkPHP, and Yii.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Whatever Twitter eventually comes to say about the events of July 15th, 2020, when it suffered the most catastrophic security breach in company history , it must be said that the events were set in motion years ago. A successful attack on your system’s servers represents a threat to all of your users’ privacy and data security.”.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

If India can ban one app used by 200 million people , citing rather vague national security concerns, it can ban others. Zuckerberg knows that the leap from banning TikTok on national security grounds to banning Facebook on national security grounds is more of a short hop. The so-called “ Splinternet ” is a long time in coming.

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