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Awakening the beast: BatMobi adware

March 29, 2019 admin Adware, Android, BatMobi, cybercrime, Mobile, mobile adware, website redirects

Credit to Author: Nathan| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

BatMobi is an Advertisement Software Developer Kit (Ad SDK) that was once clean and safe to use, but suddenly began serving adware in January. Learn more about this elusive threat, including how to clean it off pre-installed apps on mobile devices.

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Tags: adware Android BatMobi Mobile mobile adware website redirects

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Location data leaks from family tracking app database

March 27, 2019 admin cybercrime, database, exposed, family, location, MongoDB, privacy

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

An app called Family Locator exposed the personal information and locations of 280,000 users in real time, including children. How did this happen? And how can app developers avoid it in the future?

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Tags: database exposed family location MongoDB

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Researchers go hunting for Netflix’s Bandersnatch

March 22, 2019 admin bandersnatch, black mirror, cybercrime, FMV, JSON, NETFLIX, privacy, SSL, tls, video games

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

New research from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras explains how popular Netflix interactive show Bandersnatch could fall victim to a side-channel attack and expose users’ choices.

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Tags: bandersnatch black mirror FMV JSON netflix privacy SSL TLS video games

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Are hackers gonna hack anymore? Not if we keep reusing passwords

March 21, 2019 admin brute force, credential stuffing, cybercrime, enterprise, enterprises, hackers, hacking, password managers, password spraying, reusing passwords, weak passwords

Credit to Author: Kacy Zurkus| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

A look at the not-so-hacking hacker techniques attackers are using to compromise user accounts via weak passwords and gain access to enterprise networks.

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Tags: brute force credential stuffing enterprise enterprises hackers hacking password managers password spraying reusing passwords weak passwords

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Mozilla launches Firefox Send for private file sharing

March 14, 2019 admin cybercrime, Firefox, privacy, private, secure, send, sharing

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:37:51 +0000

Mozilla recently launched Firefox Send, a new, secure way to share files from inside your browser. We discuss the pros and cons of this service.

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Tags: firefox private secure send sharing

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Emotet revisited: pervasive threat still a danger to businesses

March 14, 2019 admin banking Trojan, Botnet, cybercrime, emotet, EternalBlue, information stealer, malware, Ryuk Ransomware, SMB vulnerabilities, trickbot, Trojan

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Emotet is often mentioned as one of the most annoying, effective, and costly present-day malware infections. We discuss the reasons why and the proper way to remove it.

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Tags: banking Trojan botnet emotet EternalBlue information stealer Ryuk ransomware SMB vulnerabilities trickbot trojan

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Zombie email rises from grave after eight years of radio silence

March 8, 2019 admin Account, cybercrime, email, email account, ISP, isps, passwords, privacy, talk talk, zombie email

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

What do you do when an email account you assumed was long gone comes back to life after eight years?

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Tags: account email email account ISP ISPs passwords talk talk zombie email

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Spectre, Google, and the Universal Read Gadget

March 1, 2019 admin CPU, cybercrime, exploit, google, hacking, meltdown, Meltdown and Spectre, spectre, universal read gadget, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:43:37 +0000

A recently released paper by Google has resurrected the spirit of Spectre, a seemingly never-ending threat to most makes of processor. We take a look at what this means, and what the Universal Read Gadget means for most technology users.

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Tags: CPU exploit Google Meltdown meltdown and spectre Spectre universal read gadget vulnerability

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