Items tagged with security
Before you fill out that online job form in hopes of making some extra jingle for the holiday season, take heed of new warning by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC, there's been a "sharp spike" in online job scams...
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Medical device manufacturer Artivion, who specializes in making products used by cardiac and vascular surgeons to treat patients, has been hit with a ransomware attack. It was severe enough attack that it has disrupted the company’s...
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Unless you're willing to build a piranha-filled moat around your home and then surround it with barbed wire and wooden spikes, you're not likely to prevent a determined porch pirate from plucking your holiday package right off your...
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Security researchers at Any.Run have found a new zero-day attack currently being used by threat actors to evade detection tools used by security professionals. This new technique “evades antivirus software, prevents uploads to sandboxes...
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It might seem as if threat actors have been more heavily targeting mobile users lately with malware and exploits, but it doesn’t mean desktop users can drop their guard. Researchers at ESET have discovered a vulnerability in several...
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Apple, like many other big tech companies, goes to great lengths to protect your personal data from internet ne'er-do-wells. However, even the most powerful security features are useless in the face of determined human ignorance. There's a...
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Apple confirmed it has issued an emergency patch for two actively-exploited zero-day threats on macOS, iPadOS, iOS, visionOS, and its Safari web browser. The Cupertino-based company remarked the emergency patch addresses CVE-2024-44308 and...
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Google appears to be working on giving billions of Gmail users a new way of fighting against spam. It seems the company is preparing a new way of creating temporary email addresses within a Gmail account, possibly called ‘Shielded Email’...
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There is no better time than now to make sure all those holiday packages being delivered stay on the porch, and all the wrapped presents stay under the tree with a security camera. To that end, check out these early Black Friday deals of...
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The most popular passwords are the easiest ones to crack because they're so prevalent, and also because they're incredibly simple. It makes you wonder, who's actually using "123456" to secure access to an account? Surely no one would be...
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Security researchers at Kaspersky have discovered malware, dubbed SteelFox, which has been spreading “via forums posts, torrent trackers and blogs” since February of last year. It’s a potent piece of malicious software that attackers can...
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Usually, it takes a human to uncover vulnerabilities in a computer system, but before long, the computers may be doing it alone. Google's Deep Mind and Project Zero divisions have teamed up to create a new kind of large language model...
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Over the weekend, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning that there have been deceptive videos in circulation "falsely claiming to be from the FBI relating to election security." Two misinformative videos pertaining to...
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In what feels like a serious case of déjà vu, a piece of Android malware initially discovered two years ago, and spotted this time by cybersecurity firm Zimperium, is making the rounds again with a new version sporting several alarming...
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With threat actors constantly targeting Android users with spam to distribute new malware, and even going so far as to repurpose older malware, Google is upgrading Messages to better protect users. The company is bringing “new controls and...
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The US Department of the Treasury announced it prevented and recovered over $4 billion in fiscal year 2024 using enhanced fraud detection processes, which included machine learning AI. With a national debt nearing $36 trillion, every...
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As artificial intelligence continues to progress, nefarious actors are finding new ways of using the technology to their advantage. A new warning has been issued by Microsoft Solutions consultant Sam Mitrovic concerning a "super realistic"...
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There is never a bad time to beef up security around the home, and there are some great deals right now on security cameras to keep all the ghouls and goblins away. Whether you need a single camera to keep check on a favorite pet, or...
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A new report details a startling discovery that Chinese state hackers accessed the networks of major US broadband providers, which were able to gain access to information from systems the federal government uses for court-authorized...
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Phones are expensive, loaded with personal information, and easy to carry in one hand—that makes them prime targets for theft. Google has added numerous anti-theft features to Android over the years, and three new tools are rolling out to...
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If you have any Apple devices running iOS 18, you'd better go make sure they have the latest security updates. That's because Apple has just released fixes for some major flaws, including a bug that could apparently allow an attacker to...
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Google’s Pixel line-up of smartphones have long been among the best Android devices on the market, and our often touted as examples of what Google thinks a smartphone running its operating system should be. And it's not just about the...
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