Mobile smart devices have all the capabilities of a laptop or computer. What this means from a cybersecurity perspective is that they are every bit as vulnerable as a laptop or desktop computer. The fact that they are small makes them easy for a thief to slip in a pocket or backpack and carry away, along with your personal information, contacts, pictures, geo-location history, and a raft of critical and revealing information.
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Microsoft has made Windows 10 one of the most highly personalized and cloud integrated operating systems ever, and this may introduce new security risks into using your computer. They do this by keeping track of what you do, where you go an the Internet, and what you are typing. This is how features such as Cortana get to know your preferences, and begin to make suggestions. Microsoft says this information is ...
Computer breaches can happen many ways, but the two most common are stolen credentials, and phishing emails. Credentials, your user name and password, sometimes are stolen from a web server breach, and then sold online on the criminal marketplaces. Or sometimes you are tricked into giving them up on clever fake websites. Phishing is one way that credentials are stolen. The links in phishing emails often will direct the unwary user to the fake web page with the helpful web ...
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Windows XP was released on August 24, 2001. It was officially retired by Microsoft two years ago on April 8, 2014. This makes WinXP almost 15 years old, which in operating system years is about 500 years old. Sophos reported:
Continue Reading →“Windows XP was still running on 10.9% of all desktops as of March 2016, according to stats compiled by Net Applications.
To put that in perspective, according to Net Applications’ figures, Windows XP is ...
As we all know, Apple refused to assist the FBI in cracking the iPhone 5c of the San Bernardino “terrorist” killers. The FBI took Apple to court. Then the FBI dropped the case after successfully hacking the phone. Then they successfully hacked another phone in a different case in New York. Information appeared linking Israeli mobile security firm Cellebrite to the successful breach ...
The fine people at WordFence Security have also recently published information on what happens when web sites get hijacked. They gathered this information by surveying their client and blog readers. The results are in the infographic below.
Taking a site down or site defacement makes up 25% of the malicious actions, which I found surprising. The other items on the ...
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So how would it be if you found out that the key to your house also worked at your neighbor’s house. What if it turned out the builder in your subdivision used the exact same lock on every house they built, and your key could get you into every house in your neighborhood?
This is essentially the situation that security researchers at SEC Consult discovered with a host of Internet ...
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I know it’s April Fool’s Day, but this is a straight up serious post. If you own, operate, host, support, or develop WordPress sites, this article is for you.
We have written a few articles covering the subject of WordPress security. I recently received an email from John Stevens over at HostingFacts.com, inviting me to review their excellent tutorial, 28 ...
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We haven’t seen macro viruses for a while, but they are back. HawkEye a new variant of the resurgent use of unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and other office documents. Using macros, written in Visual Basic, attackers are using Word document attachments to run code on victim computers.
Last week we wrote about the Locky ransomware exploit that encrypts your ...
Continue Reading →Last Friday we dove down the WordPress Security bunny hole to chase the Aethera botnet and the other attack platform that WordFence reported. Today we are looking a their new WordPress Security Learning Center.
If you are a developer or security professional, you should check this site out, and take the time to fit the classes into your schedule. If you are ...
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