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Should you delete yourself from social media?

February 14, 2019 admin 101, cambridge analytica, Facebook, google, How-tos, instagram, snapchat, social media, social media addiction, social networks, Twitter

Credit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:30:00 +0000

All the recent news—from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica snafu to various abuses of Twitter vulnerabilities—has you wondering: Should I delete myself from social media? We provide advice and links on how to tighten security if you want to cool down, or, if you’re ready to go nuclear, delete yourself permanently.

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Businesses: It’s time to implement an anti-phishing plan

February 13, 2019 admin 101, Anti-phishing, Business, email, mail, microsoft, Office 365, organisation, phishing, SCAM, spam

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:54:28 +0000

If your organization doesn’t have an anti-phishing plan in place, it’s time to start thinking about one. Here’s what to tell your employees and customers about phishing attacks.

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Google Chrome announces plans to improve URL display, website identity

February 6, 2019 admin 101, chrome improvement timeline, FYI, google, google changes url presentation, Google Chrome, google kills the url, phishing, url display

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:16:47 +0000

The search giant isn’t “killing” (a.k.a. getting rid of) the URL, unlike some sensationalist and eye-rolling headlines have put it. They are slowly giving it a facelift.

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How to browse the Internet safely at work

February 5, 2019 admin 101, browser-based attacks, detectify, ethical hackers, FYI, hackers, internet, safer internet day, Web Browsers, web security

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:00:44 +0000

This Safer Internet Day, we’re presenting a guideline to employees on how to navigate the online trenches safely, whether they’re on their desktop computers, company-owned laptops, or mobile devices. Who wants to be the one responsible for a breach? No one.

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Apple’s FaceTime privacy bug allowed possible spying

January 29, 2019 admin 101, apple, apple bug, bug, facetime, facetime bug, group facetime, iPad, iPhone, Mac

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:00:09 +0000

A new bug in Apple’s FaceTime app that allowed for possible spying has the Internet in an uproar. Do Apple users need to disable FaceTime immediately? Mac expert Thomas Reed swoops in as the voice of reason.

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Interview with a malware hunter: Jérôme Segura

January 29, 2019 admin 101, cybersecurity researcher, exploit kits, FYI, Jerome Segura, malware hunter, researcher, security reseracher

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

In our series called “Interview with a malware hunter,” we turn to Jerome Segura, Head of Threat Intelligence at Malwarebytes. In this Q&A session, we’ll take you behind the scenes to get to know one of our malware intelligence crew.

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Collection 1 data breach: what you need to know

January 18, 2019 admin 101, breaches, Brian Krebs, Collection #1, data breach, data dump, extortion, hack, hacking, haveibeenpwned, How-tos, MEGA, passwords, PPI, Troy Hunt, user awareness

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:33:40 +0000

In what’s being dubbed one of the largest data dumps in history, Collection 1 contains the data of over 770 million people. But is it really as bad as it sounds? We take a closer look and let users know what to do if their info is caught up in the mix.

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2018: The year of the data breach tsunami

December 28, 2018 admin 101, breach remediation, data breach, data breaches, Identity Theft, Infographic, Infographics, personally identifiable information, PII

Credit to Author: Logan Strain| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0000

To get a sense of the grim state of data security today, take a look at this infographic from TruthFinder that explains why 2018 was the year of the data breach tsunami.

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