Items tagged with security
The holidays are a time for cheer, joy, and time with friends and family. However, Google is warning Gmail users to be mindful, as grinches are looking to take advantage of people with scams and spam this time of year. The company is reporting that there has a been a significant uptick in e-mail messages since...
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Apple is constantly searching for what could be its next big thing after striking gold with the iPhone. This has resulted in several cancelled projects, like its autonomous EV plans, and ambitious product releases like the Vision Pro. There's been a lot of chatter about what other products and services Apple is...
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Beware of those Google Calendar invites as they could lead to a world of hurt if you accept them haphazardly. Security researchers at Check Point warn that cyber criminals are exploiting user-friendly features in Google Calendar to try and trick potential victims into clicking on malicious links, and that they've...
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As more and more sites and services have required login accounts, users have become overwhelmed with having to juggle so many passwords. This typically leads to users making poor choices, such as reusing passwords or passwords that are too simple and inherently unsecure. The situation has improved slightly with...
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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 that ask applicants to perform a set of fake tasks, which are designed to swindle...
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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 operations to the point it needed to disable some of its systems. The company...
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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 doorstep. However, a Ring doorbell or other security camera can at least serve as a...
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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, and bypasses Outlook's spam filters, allowing the malicious emails to reach your...
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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 Mozilla products, which are currently being exploited by a Russian hacking group known...
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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 new Apple ID phishing scam going around, and if you think you're too smart to...
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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 CVE-2024-44309 with improved checks and improved state management...
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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’. And with Google in the process of deleting millions of inactive accounts, there...
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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 up to 50% off on security cameras from Reolink, Blink, and Arlo.
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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 that foolish, right? To the contrary (kind of), that string of digits once again...
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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 use to extract a whole host of data from a victim’s computer, and can even enable...
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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 (LLM) that can identify security flaws, and the model spotted its first critical...
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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 ballot fraud and Kamala Harris' husband have been called to light as false with...
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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 advancements. While the malicious app has a new coat of paint, the aim is still the...
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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 features to make your conversations on Google Messages even more secure 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 billion matters.
With a stated mission of maintaining a strong economy and being...
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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" AI scam that is said to be capable of tricking “even the most experienced of...
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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 multiple cameras to secure an entire home, there are currently deals out there to...
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