Weekend Update

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

Police Warn of New ‘Line-Trapping Technology’ Being Used to Scam People Over the Phone

From CyberHeist News

A new piece of sophisticated technology is being used by fraudsters to scam unsuspecting people over the phone. Police said a woman in the York Region received a call earlier this month and was told by the scammers she had been a victim of identity ...

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28
DEC
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Android, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, Linux, privacy, Weekend Update

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Ransom Variants Target Linux Servers

No one is immune from cyber-attacks anymore, and that includes Apple and Linux systems.  Lately there has been a lot of activity around crypto-ransomware attacks against Linux servers.  When you consider that a very large percentage of servers working on the Internet are running Linux under the hood, this is a critical issue.

February 2019 brought us the ransomware variant B0r0nt0k, which encrypted server contents and then demanded as much as 20 ...

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7
OCT
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cybersecurity, Linux, ransomware

Weekend Update

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

IRS Warns of New Email Scam

Original release date: August 23, 2019

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning about a new email scam in which malicious cyber actors send unsolicited emails to taxpayers from fake (i.e., spoofed) IRS email addresses. The emails contain a link to a spoofed IRS.gov website that displays fake details about ...

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24
AUG
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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, cyberwar, Internet of Things, Linux, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

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

The Spycraft Revolution

An very cool. detailed, and facinating look at how technology is changing and breaking the spy game from foreignpolicy.com.  Worth the read.

The world of espionage is facing tremendous technological, political, legal, social, and commercial changes. The winners will be those who break the old rules of the spy ...

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29
JUN
0

Apple, Linux, Phishing, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

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

Update Firefox now! Zero-day found in the wild

Mozilla has fixed a critical zero-day bug in the latest point releases of the Firefox web browser.

IRS Warns of New Tax Scams

Original release date: June 07, 2019

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a reminder urging consumers to look out for two new variations ...

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22
JUN
0

compliance, Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update

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Weekend Update

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

Symantec SSL Certificates No Longer Secure

If you have a Symantec certificate on your HTTPS website, Chrome 70 and Firefox 63 will both be disowning any web certificates signed by Symantec.  From this month forward, anyone with Chrome or Firefox who browses to a web page “secured” with a Symantec certificate will see an unequivocal warning insisting that ...

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27
OCT
0

cybersecurity, Linux, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update, Windows 10

Anti-Malware for Linux Computers

Is Linux “safer” to use than Windows?  Is it immune to malware?  You may be under the assumption that Linux is not vulnerable to the same exploits that plague Windows systems.  If so, you would be incorrect.  Linux has its very own set of vulnerabilities and working exploits, and Linux servers and computers need anti-malware software protection just as much as their Windows counterparts.  Today we will look at some suitable ...

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24
SEP
0

Apple, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Linux, Windows 10

Weekend Update

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

[INFOGRAPHIC] Introducing The Psychology of Passwords

From LastPass – It feels like almost every day there’s another data breach in the news, or a case of user credentials up for sale on the Dark Web. Despite the headlines, and repeated warnings from experts about weak passwords and the dangers of password reuse, users have yet to change their online ...

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8
SEP
0

authentication, Computers and Internet, Internet of Things, Linux, passwords, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update, Wi-Fi, wireless

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Multi-Platform Malware

This comes under the heading of “it was inevitable.”  There is a new malware product that runs effectively on both Windows and Linux systems.  Since OSx looks a lot like Linux under the hood, can a Win/Lin/Mac triple-threat be far away?  Called “WellMess,” this malware takes advantage of the dual platform capabilities of Google’s Golang programming language to work.

WellMess malware operates on ...

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13
AUG
0

cybersecurity, Linux, malware, Windows 10

Weekend Update

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

WordPress turns 15 on Sunday May 27

WordPress will be 15 years old this May 27th, 2018!  On Sunday, May 27th, we’re planning a global event celebrating the WordPress 15th Anniversary with WordPress community groups around the world.

Alexa, Siri and Google can be tricked by commands you can’t hear

Researchers have shown how attackers could trick ...

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26
MAY
0

Identity Theft, Internet of Things, law and policy, Linux, Phishing, Weekend Update

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