CIA Edward Snowden Explains Why the CIA Just Made an InstagramVICE - Ben Makuch"They get Twitter accounts. Instagram accounts (with) puppies and everything like that, because they want to be friendly. They want to be on your side." The Central Intelligence Agency is taking its puppy
Apple Is Privacy Really iPhone? Researchers Weigh in on Apple’s Targeted Ad Trackingthreatpost.com - Tara Seals Apple has a consistent track record of implementing privacy controls, which it has been touting via a series of saturating “Privacy? That’s iPhone” …
Encryption Encryption: A cheat sheetTechRepublic - Brandon Vigliarolo There's a lot to know about encryption, and the ins and outs can get confusing. Here's a rundown of what professionals need to know about this …
Encryption Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Encryptionbinance.vision Cryptographic systems are currently divided into two major fields of study: symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. While symmetric encryption is …
Hong Kong Hong Kong police step up cybersecurity campaign as hackers steal HK$147 million – a 16-fold rise – from...scmp.com - Christy Leung Police recorded 47 hacking cases last year compared with 37 incidents and HK$9.1 million lost in 2017. Hacked devices included mobile phones, tablets …
Cybersecurity The 5 most hacked passwordsTechRepublic - Alison DeNisco Rayome More than 23 million people were breached after using the password 123456, according to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre. Despite the number of …
Cybersecurity If You Used This App, the Passwords of the Private WiFi Networks You Connected to Leaked OnlineGizmodo - Dell Cameron Thousands of users of an app called WiFi Finder, the stated purpose of which is, obviously, to locate and provide credentials for public wifi …
jQuery Popular jQuery JavaScript library impacted by prototype pollution flawZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Prototype pollution flaws are "the next big thing" in JavaScript security research. × jquery-logo-blue.png Three years after its last major security …
Tech Industry France launches secure messaging app - complete with security vulnerabilitysiliconangle.com - DUNCAN RILEY The French government launched a new message app for state employees April 18, but within hours the application had been found to have a serious …
Mueller Report Twitter bot activity spiked after the release of the Mueller ReportZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Russian Twitter bot activity went up by 286 percent shortly after the release of the Mueller Report. × twitter-bot-activity.png The activity of …
Technology He Stopped a Global Cyberattack. Now He’s Pleading Guilty to Writing Malware.The New York Times - By PALKO KARASZLONDON — A British security researcher who was hailed as a hero for helping to stop a global “ransomware” cyberattack in 2017 has pleaded guilty to charges in the United States of writing malicious software
Cybercrime Cybercrime Exposed On YouTube, Medium, Reddit, GitHub and Telegram Inside 15 MinutesForbes - Zak DoffmanThe dark web is a difficult place to navigate, it is unstructured and unqualified and counterparty risk goes with the territory. All of which has driven cybercriminals to the surface. ”Fraudsters are hiding
PayPal receives patent for ransomware detection technologyZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu PayPal engineer develops novel approach to detecting and stopping ransomware attacks. × ransomware-victim-1.jpg The United States Patent and Trademark …
Play buttonRaspberry Pi How To: Discover & Attack Raspberry Pis Using Default Credentials with Rpi-hunterwonderhowto.com - Kody When setting up a Raspberry Pi, it's easy to overlook changing the default password. Like many IoT devices, the Raspberry Pi's default Raspbian …
Hacker Breaks Into French Government's New Secure Messaging Appthehackernews.com - April 19, 2019 A white-hat hacker found a way to get into the French government's newly launched, secure encrypted messaging app that was otherwise can only be …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDarknet Defense against the Darknet, or how to accessorize to defeat video surveillancetheregister.co.uk - Thomas Claburn Boffins from Belgium break people recognition software with a colorful placardA trio of Belgium-based boffins have created a ward that renders …
Cybersecurity To Catch A Thief: The Increasing Power Of Deception Technology In CybersecurityForbes - Michael XieDespite the rapid innovation and advancements in cybersecurity, chief information security officers (CISOs) and their teams must still contend with a fundamental strategic disadvantage of protecting data:
Facebook How Facebook is being used to profile and kill Kenyan 'gangsters'BBC News - By Dickens OleweA suspected death squad operating inside Kenya's police force is using Facebook to target and kill young men they believe to be gang members, residents of a poor and overcrowded area of the capital have
Google Google bans logins from embedded browser frameworks to prevent MitM phishingZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu Google previously banned logins initiated from browsers where JavaScript had been disabled. Google announced today a security update for the Google …
DDoS attack The first DDoS attack was 20 years ago. This is what we’ve learned since.MIT Technology Review - Emerging Technology from the arXiv July 22, 1999, is an ominous date in the history of computing. On that day, a computer at the University of Minnesota suddenly came under attack from …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Weather Channel Knocked Off-Air in Dangerous Precedentthreatpost.com - Tara Seals The incident was the work of malicious cyberattackers.
Information Security Man fried over 50 college computers with weaponized USB sticktripwire.com - Graham Cluley Follow @gcluley Apr 18, 2019 IT Security and Data Protection Akuthota plugged a USB stick into 59 Windows PCs and seven Apple iMacs owned by the college. In addition, the former student plugged his device into …
Instagram Facebook says millions of Instagram passwords were exposed internallyCNET - Queenie Wong The social network found more Instagram passwords that weren't encrypted.
Shopify API flaw offered access to revenue data of thousands of storesZDNet - Charlie Osborne The bug was accepted as valid, but the researcher wasn’t paid. A security flaw in a Shopify API endpoint has been discovered by a researcher which can …
Facebook Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' email contacts from 1.5M usersCNET - Steven Musil Contacts harvested during new account signups for nearly three years
Apps Popular Apps In Google's Play Store Are Abusing Permissions And Committing Ad Fraudbuzzfeednews.com - Craig Silverman A host of popular Android apps from a major Chinese developer, including a selfie app with more than 50 million downloads, have been committing …
Internet Explorer It doesn’t matter if you don’t use Internet Explorer, you could...bitdefender.com - Graham CLULEY You might think that any security issues with Internet Explorer shouldn’t be much of a problem anymore. After all, most computer users have moved on …
Google Docs Google hit by global login outage affecting Gmail and Google DocsThe Guardian - Kate LyonsGoogle experienced a global outage affecting users as they try to log in to the company’s many applications, including Gmail and Google Docs and any site that allows access via a Google account. The problem
Technology Source code of Iranian cyber-espionage tools leaked on TelegramZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu APT34 hacking tools and victim data leaked on a secretive Telegram channel since last month. × apt34-telegram.png In an incident reminiscent of the …
