Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Malware Displaying Porn Ads Discovered in Game Apps on Google Play

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.

Visa joins other major credit ...

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Android, authentication, Facebook, malware, Phishing, smartphones, social engineering, Weekend Update

Fifty Years of Computing – Doug Engelbart

Fifty years ago, in 1968, computers were big mainframe systems that were programmed using large decks of punch cards.  All output came out of a printer.  There were no computer displays yet, just rows of blinking light bulbs that were call a “monitor.”  All programs were run as batch jobs, one at a time.  There were no windows, no multi-tasking, no interactive computing as we know it today.

On December 8, 1968 a computer engineer named Doug Engelbart made a presentation ...

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Apple, Computers and Internet

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Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy – What Countries Are Using Cyber-Espionage Tactics?

The press has been relentless lately in its coverage of Russian cyber-espionage and disinformation campaigns on Facebook and other social networks prior to the last US Presidential campaign.  But is Russia the first to engage in election rigging on this sort?  Hardly.  We thought that looking at the state of cyber-espionage as a tactic in international relations might be interesting, and we were right.  It turns out that cyber-espionage is ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, News and politics, surveillance

What the Heck is a Watering Hole Attack?

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 ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, malware, social engineering, Software vulnerability, Web Design, WordPress

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

 Top 9 Free Phishing Simulators

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 Louisiana

Sure looks like a prince to me.  Like Prince ...

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compliance, Phishing, Security, Software vulnerability, training, Weekend Update

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Free Dark Web Report from Experian – Part Three

On Monday and Wednesday we took an in depth look at the free dark web scan being offered by Experian.  As we found out on Wednesday, I was not too impressed with the results of the free scan.  Better information is available from HaveIBeenPwned.com.

What is Experian really offering?  The free scan just looked for the email address I provided, ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, passwords, Security

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Free Dark Web Report from Experian – Part Two

On Monday we started an investigation into the free dark web scan that is being offered by credit agency Experian.  Again, this is NOT Equifax, who breached our information last year.  This is a different credit agency.

When we ran the free scan on Experian, they found three results.  But I knew there was more to find, because I had ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Identity Theft, passwords, Security

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Free Dark Web Report from Experian – Part One

I caught an ad on TV the other night that made me curious.  Experian is offering a “free dark web report,”  ostensibly to see if any of your personal data is for sale on the Dark Web.  Well I don’t really need a test to tell me that.  Since the Equifax breach, I am pretty sure all of us have information for ...

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Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Identity Theft, passwords, Security

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