A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From the Smithsonian: A look at the history of unexplained flying objects through the lens of human technological change.
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Continue Reading →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.
Registering common misspellings of popular website domain names is a big business. A recent study found that 80% of all possible one-character typographical variants of Facebook, Google, and Apple are registered. Registering close misspellings of domain names is know as “typosquatting.”
Security company Sophos recently analysed all the possible one-letter variations of six popular websites, a whopping 2249 unique site names. Of the 2249 possibilities, 67% or 1502 domain names were actually registered. ...
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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 ...
Continue Reading →I recently caught a story on the BBC World News via PBS. Anders Thornberg, the director of Swedish Security Services (SAPO) was accusing the Russians of engaging in social media driven misinformation campaign very similar to what happened in recent elections in France and Germany, and in the US during the last Presidential Election. Evidently Putin is concerned that Sweden may join NATO, and is actively campaigning for candidates who are opposed to NATO.
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.
We’ve all seen this on National Geographic. A lion, tiger, or other top predator hides near a water hole and waits for some sort of four-legged lunch to stop by for a drink. Cyber-criminals and other attackers are using a similar technique to download and install malware from niche or industry specific websites to computer systems at targeted businesses. Here’s ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Nearly identical to last year’s list. Some people never learn. If you are using any of these passwords, please change them now!
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Email security company Mimecast recently released its Email Security Risk Assessment, and found that email account hijacking is the fastest growing threat vector. Also known as impersonation attacks, email account hijacking allows an attacker to impersonate the person whose account has been compromised. This is the vehicle used in wire transfer fraud, invoice fraud, and other financial frauds. Some of the statistics in the report were enlightening. ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From Naked Security – Crypto Coins Robbed at Gunpoint.
Good old fashioned stick-ups still a possibility.
Fake support scams – where the crooks help you “remove” malware you don’t have – are still a ...
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