I recently read an article from Heimdal Security about online safety. In this article Heimdal had asked 18 experts in the field of cybersecurity for their top 3 ideas about how to stay secure. The contributors included top cybersecurity professionals from several anti-malware companies, security bloggers, and cybersecurity industry professionals. The original article is here.
What I found interesting were the ...
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Today we finish our story on the history of cyber warfare.
Attributed to Edward Snowden. The target was the National Security Agency of the United States. Snowden was a former CIA employee, who, while working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a contractor to the NSA, copied and leaked NSA information, particularly the computer exploits that the NSA used abroad and in ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The automatic update to WordPress 4.9.3 broke automatic updating, so the emergency update to 4.9.4 means you need to click a button.
There is a new email attachment exploit making the rounds, that uses a file type called a disk image. The file extension for this kind of file is ISO. ISO files are not inherently dangerous, and in the exploit work much the same way that a ZIP attachment works. This file type can sneak past email security filters because it is generally seen as benign, ...
When you see the secure HTTPS protocol at the beginning of a web address, or see the green “secure site” padlock symbol, does this mean that the site is safe? Unfortunately, the answer is NO. There is some confusion among computer users about what HTTPS really means. This confusion is being exploited by cyber-criminals running phishing exploits.
HTTPS or secure hypertext transport ...
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The most devastating exploit that can happen to you is to have your email account hijacked. We have spilled a lot of pixels on this subject (see below). The reason we find this so dangerous is that it is that this is the attack most likely to happen to you.
Google recently released a study that analyzed how Gmail accounts are hijacked. If you have an Android smartphone, you have a Gmail ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.A paper at Schmoocon DC over the weekend revealed a delightful cryptogram on William and Elizebeth Friedmans’ tombstone. This is a fun story and will introduce you to the Bacon cypher.
Phishers are using the hot topic ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Google removed 60 games that contained code to display porn pop-ups and other malicious activities. Click through to see list of bad apps. If you installed any of them, you will need to remove these yourself.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Looking to run a phishing attack against your team? Here’s a article from Infosec institute on the top 9 free phishing simulation products.
Your Nigerian Prince is a 67 year old from LouisianaSure looks like a prince to me. Like Prince Charles. (Those ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.11/28/2017 11:10 PM EST Original release date: November 28, 2017
As part of National Tax Security Awareness Week—November 27 to December 1—the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is releasing daily security tips to help taxpayers protect their data and identities against tax-related identity theft.
US-CERT encourages taxpayers to visit the ...
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