Given the recent spate of data breaches, it has become necessary to secure your online accounts. These tools will help you figure out if your account has been hacked, and if your email addresses and passwords are stolen. Read more…More about Mashabl…
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SecurityWatch: Fixing US elections is easier—and harder—than you’d think
When I flew out to San Francisco for the RSA Convention (RSAC) in early March, I planned to attend all the election security talks I could fit into my schedule. It’s an obvious choice. While the 2018 midterms concluded without much controversy, we’re…
View More SecurityWatch: Fixing US elections is easier—and harder—than you’d thinkVerizon to launch free app that blocks robocalls
Verizon is going to release an app that an block robocalls. It is expected to be available for download very soon. It will be a free version of Verizon’s current call-filtering app. Read more…More about Verizon, Mashable Video, Cybersecurity, Spam, …
View More Verizon to launch free app that blocks robocallsGet an exclusive saving of over £100 on the TunnelBear 2‑year VPN plan
There are a lot of VPN services out there, and they all work hard to keep your data protected, your activity anonymous, and the internet unrestricted. They don’t all have a massive bear as their mascot though, and that’s an important thing to consider.
TunnelBear is the only VPN service that has a website littered with both cute and angry bears. There’s absolutely no competition when it comes to how many bears each VPN service has. TunnelBear is the clear winner. It also offers unlimited data, tunnelling on any of five computers or mobile devices simultaneously, around the clock private browsing, and blocking of website trackers. And bears — don’t forget the bears. Read more…
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View More Get an exclusive saving of over £100 on the TunnelBear 2‑year VPN planFacebook stored passwords in plain text for hundreds of millions of users
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users’ passwords were stored in plain text, completely searchable by Facebook employees for years.
Some users had their passwords stored in plain text as early as 2012, according to a senior Facebook source who spoke to KrebsOnSecurity. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, says that somewhere between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were affected. More than 20,000 Facebook employees would have had access to these plain text passwords.
Shortly after KrebsOnSecurity published its story, Facebook posted its own statement by its vice president of engineering, security and privacy, Pedro Canahuati. He states that the company first discovered the issue during “a routine security review in January.” Read more…
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View More Facebook stored passwords in plain text for hundreds of millions of usersBootleg Ariana Grande album spreads malware
A pirated version of Ariana Grande’s album ‘Thank U, Next’ appears to contain a malicious malware that can steal your online banking information. Read more…
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View More Bootleg Ariana Grande album spreads malwareInternet providers block sites that host Christchurch terror attack video
It’s been a struggle for internet companies to contain a live streamed video of the Christchurch terror attack.
In light of this, internet service providers are teaming up to block sites which refuse to take down the video, echoing calls by police an…
‘Psychedelic Warlord’ Beto O’Rourke belonged to a legendary hacking crew
I guess he wouldn’t have to ask the Russians to do it for him.
Beto O’Rourke — yes, the same skateboard-riding, baby faced, recently declared presidential candidate who narrowly lost a senate campaign to Ted Cruz — just added another cool notch to his Gen X-cred belt. According to a forthcoming book by Joseph Menn, and as he reported in Reuters, the three-term congressman once belonged to the legendary hacking crew known as the Cult of the Dead Cow.
That’s right, Beto was in a hacker group. In the 1980s. But before you accuse the periodontal exhibitionist of some nefarious plot to infect Grandma’s machine with adware or hack an election, it’s worth reading Menn’s fine print. Basically, O’Rourke was a teenager, and his relationship to the group mostly involved pirated games and conversations on message boards. Read more…
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View More ‘Psychedelic Warlord’ Beto O’Rourke belonged to a legendary hacking crewMost Antivirus apps on Google Play suck at detecting malware
Don’t assume every antivirus app on Android will keep you safe. Ironically, many of them are dodgy and can fail to detect common strains of malware, according to new research.
The antivirus testing group AV-Comparatives recently tested 250 antimalware security apps available on the Google Play Store — and unfortunately most underperformed.
According to the tests, 138 of the apps detected less than 30 percent of the malware samples or had a tendency to falsely flag clean files as bad. Some of these apps also appear to be fake, and may even possess some malicious functions.
A seperate group of 32 apps were later pulled from the Google Play Store during the testing process. It isn’t clear why, but AV-Comparatives said the apps were likely developed by amateurs or non-security vendors that were more focused on making money through ads. Read more…
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View More Most Antivirus apps on Google Play suck at detecting malwareReport: Windows 10 update installs can be delayed for 35 days
Microsoft is attempting to make the update process for Windows 10 much less painful this week, with the latest feature in the pipeline being the ability to temporarily stop updates from installing on your PC for up to 35 days.
A couple of days ago Mi…
The US threatens Germany with decreased intelligence sharing if it allows Huawei to build its 5G network
The US is trying to recruit Germany in its campaign against Huawei.
In a letter sent by the United States ambassador to Germany Richard A. Grenell, the United States has warned Germany that it will reduce intelligence sharing if Germany allows Huawei…
Stop what you’re doing and update Google Chrome
Google is urging Chrome users to update the web browser right away to patch a zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited.
In a Tuesday tweet, Google Chrome Security and Desktop Engineering Lead Justin Schuh said users should install the latest version of the browser—72.0.3626.121—right away.
“Seriously, update your Chrome installs… like right this minute,” he wrote.
Google started rolling out the patch for Chrome on Windows, Mac, and Linux on Friday. This week, Google revealed that the update corrects a “high” severity flaw—CVE-2019-5786—that has been under attack by cybercriminals. Read more…
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