A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the ‘Net was an opt-in experience.
“When checking the system this morning, I noticed your account logged in ...
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If you think it seems like there is more activity, attacks, and exploits from cyber-criminals and other bad actors, you may be right. Malware exploits can be easily bought online as kits complete with installation assistance and technical support. Just as the business web is moving everything to “The Cloud” with AaaS (Anything as a Service), the denizens of the ...
In the past, Mac devices have largely been out of cybercriminals’ crosshairs. While hackers occasionally launched malware attacks against Mac machines, they targeted Windows devices much more often. But this is no longer the case.
For the first time, cyberthreats targeting Mac devices have outpaced those targeting Windows machines. In 2018, there was an average of 4.8 threats detected per Mac endpoint. In ...
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Or The Strange Case of Jeff Bezos’ IPhone and the Saudi Crown PrinceThe evidence says that the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (aka MBS) engineered a way to hack Jeff Bezos’ cell phone. Just why MBS would be interested in Jeff, Jeff’s phone, or Jeff’s life is an interesting question, with surprising answers.
It seems that MBS invited Jeff Bezos to a private party, and during the course of ...
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Never in human history has there been a platform for tracking, eavesdropping, reconnaissance, and surveillance like the smartphone. With the right malware or phone store app, a marketing company, suspicious spouse, parent, nation-state cyber-spy, or your own government or law enforcement agency can easily spy on anyone carrying a smartphone. Mobile devices often provide a bridge between a target’s personal life and ...
If you visited certain websites with your iPhone (or Android or Windows device**) over the last two years, it is possible that your iPhone downloaded and installed malware that allowed attackers to intercept and record everything you did and everywhere you went with your iPhone. This includes real-time location information, all your emails and messaging (including encrypted versions ...
The idea of someone tracking your whereabouts and eavesdropping on your conversations can be unsettling. Yet, more than 58,000 Google Android users had this happen to them. That’s because these individuals had stalkerware installed on their smartphones. Stalkerware is legal but often considered unethical. Find out what stalkerware is and how it can get on your smartphone.
Stalkerware is not limited to Android phones. It can be ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Israel Responds To Cyber Attack With Air Strike On Cyber Attackers In World First
And from Bruce Schneier and Wired.
Original release date: May 16, 2019
Microsoft has released ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Russia has been hijacking signals sent by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) systems such as GPS, researchers claim.
1,600 guests were filmed with hidden webcams that live-streamed the action. The site also sold videos.
Would you like to use a keylogger to spy on your spouse? How about your kids? Is it legal? Can an employer use a keylogger to monitor employee computer activity in the workplace?
Usually, when I am discussing keyloggers, it is the kind of keylogger a cyber-criminal would use, and how to keep them off our computer. Today we are looking at this from another angle.
A keylogger, if you don’t know, ...
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