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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
12 Signs Your Identity Might Have Been Stolen
From Experian – Not sure whether your identity might have been stolen or not? Read to find out some of the signs that may indicate you’ve been a victim of ID theft.
Facebook data privacy scandal: A cheat sheet
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Someday robots will become self-aware, liberate themselves from their human overlords, and demand things like wages, paid vacations, and free maintenance service. Before that happens, it looks like they will be showing up at your front door to deliver pizza, groceries, packaged merchandise, orders from Amazon, and even mail.
Digit
The robot pictured at left is named Digit and is a creation ...
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What follows is a sponsored post from cybersecurity firm Sequretek.
Businesses usually tend to trust their partners/ technology partners when related to the security of the data flowing across partners. This approach has changed drastically these days; now businesses themselves need to focus on their cyber security measures. There is a sudden rise in the number of supply chain attacks, by which we can conclude that attackers are easily spotting out vulnerabilities in the supply chain network of the organisations. Today, ...
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You just got infected with SamSam crypto-ransomware. What if I told you I had a secret process that guarantees I can recover your files that have been encrypted by a ransomware attack. Would you pay me to get your files back?
Brian Krebs tweeted on May 16 about ProPublica’s investigative article ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Today’s Weekend Update is our 100th edition
Somehow we have published 100 of these Saturday cybersecurity news roundups. Hope you have enjoyed them, and maybe learned a thing or two. Leave a comment and the first 10 commentators will receive some WyzGuys swag.
Boeing 737-MAX Crashes Brought on by Flight Computers
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I have been saying for some time now that passwords by themselves are no longer an effective form of security. Too easy to hack, too easy to crack. Currently my go to recommendation is any form of two-factor authentication. Something like the Google Authenticator App or Yubikey are good choices for your second authentication factor.
On the horizon there are other authentication options that may replace passwords entirely. Here are a ...
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Recently the ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) released the results of a survey they took in December 2018. There is a shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals; not enough people are entering the field, and those with ten or more years of experience may be leaving the field due to stress, lack of a career path, and ineffective mentoring.
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The powerful Anubis banking Trojan is showing up in the Google Play Store in other apps. Currently, Anubis is masquerading as a battery saver and currency converter. This Android banking Trojan launches a fake app overlay screen when the user opens the app. The user enters his or her account credentials into the fake overlay, which allows the Anubis malware to steal the data. Anubis can imitate 377 financial apps ...
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