Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

FBI Releases IC3 2017 Internet Crime Report

05/07/2018 08:30 PM EDT  Original release date: May 07, 2018

FBI has released the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2017 Internet Crime Report, which highlights scams trending online. The top three crime types reported by victims in 2017 were non-payment/non-delivery, personal data breach, and ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Phishing, Security, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

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How Secure Are Mobile Payment Apps Anyway?

The latest trend in the card payment universe are the mobile payment apps that let you use a smart watch or smartphone in place of a credit card.  Just how secure are these payment systems?  One of my regular readers, Eric Morley, owner of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts in Woodbury, MN, asked me that question via LinkedIn, and I thought it was a great idea for an ...

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Android, Apple, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, encryption, Identity Theft, Security, smartphones

Password Spraying is a New Type of Brute Force Attack

Password spraying is a new password exploit that is being used effectively against larger networks.  It’s become enough of a problem to merit an alert from US-CERT entitled TA18-086A: Brute Force Attacks Conducted by Cyber Actors. Here’s how it works.

Typically, in a traditional brute-force password attack, the password cracking software runs a long list of every possible password against a system.  ...

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authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, passwords, Security, social engineering, Software vulnerability

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Microsoft inches closer to commercially-viable quantum computing

Microsoft’s quest to create a powerful quantum computer comes closer to reality with the help of an elementary particle.

Cobalt/Carbanak bank malware gang’s alleged leader arrested

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Apple, artificial intellegence, Computers and Internet, law and policy, ransomware, Weekend Update

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Why Would Someone Hijack My Website?

If you own a small business, you have a website.  Would you be surprised to learn that your site is a top target of cyber-criminals?  Most people believe their business is too small and insignificant to be interesting to attackers, but your website is valuable to them precisely because it is small.

What makes a small business website an attractive ...

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Computers and Internet, crypto-currency, cybersecurity, malware, passwords, Phishing, ransomware, Security, social engineering, Web Design, WordPress

When Web Bots Attack

When web bots attack, what websites are the most likely to targets?  We discussed automated attacks against websites last month.  Here is some new information from Distil Networks about who the main targets have been in the recent past. If your business is included in the following list, you may want to ramp up the security posture of your website and web hosting account.

The industries ...

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botnet, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, Web Design, WordPress

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