A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
World’s first and oldest cybercrime (1830) predates electrical telegraphy. Read how two French bond traders hacked France’s military semaphore telegraph.
Forget VPNfilter – here’s BACKLASH, a networking hack from way, way back
With a name like BACKLASH, you might think this hack comes from the era of mechanical devices, with gears and pulleys. You’d be right!
A pair of patching articles from Peter Herzog of ISECOM
Security: Getting Off The Patch part one
Security: Getting Off The Patch part two
How to set up 2FA on eBay – go do it now!
Thankfully, since we first reported on it, eBay has binned its cumbersome 2FA procedure and replaced it a much easier process.
Your Firefox account can now be secured with 2FA
Mozilla is rolling out support for two-factor (or two-step) authentication for anyone who has a Firefox account.
BabaYaga: The WordPress Malware That Eats Other Malware
The team at WordFence published a white paper that provides a detailed breakdown of an emerging malware threat we have analyzed that has some unique capabilities. The malware, which they have dubbed BabaYaga, works to maintain a WordPress site it infects in good working order, including removing other malware variants that it finds.
Apple’s macOS 10.14 Mojave has big security and privacy updates: Here’s the list
Apple is beefing up efforts to protect their users from being tracked and hacked. Here’s how.
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