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Study: Attack on KrebsOnSecurity Cost IoT Device Owners $323K

May 7, 2018 admin Akamai, ddos, ddos-for-hire, google, IdioT, Internet of Things, IoT, Kim Fong, Kurt Hepler, Mirai, NETSCOUT Arbor, Peter Rowland, Project Shield, Rohit Raghavan, UC Berkeley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 16:47:20 +0000

A monster distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against KrebsOnSecurity.com in 2016 knocked this site offline for nearly four days. The attack was executed through a network of hacked “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices such as Internet routers, security cameras and digital video recorders. A new study that tries to measure the direct cost of that one attack for IoT device users whose machines were swept up in the assault found that it may have cost device owners a total of $323,973.75 in excess power and added bandwidth consumption. My bad.

Kaspersky Security

Who to trust: Different types of SSL certificates

April 26, 2018 admin encryption, google, https, internet, Mozilla, Security, SSL, Technology, Threats, tls

Credit to Author: Yaroslava Ryabova| Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:00:39 +0000

We explain what digital certificates are, what types exist, and what problems are associated with them.

Security Sophos

Avete cinque mesi per convertire il vostro sito al protocollo HTTPS

March 15, 2018 admin google, Google Chrome, Per i Responsabili IT

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:45:30 +0000

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Kaspersky Security

Everything you ever wanted to know about Chrome’s built-in ad blocker

February 22, 2018 admin adblock, adcleaner, ads, advertising, Browsers, chrome, FAQ, google, news, Q&A, Technology, Tips

Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:47:48 +0000

Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?

QuickHeal Security

A massive security flaw discovered in Skype. Fix not coming anytime soon.

February 14, 2018 admin adobe, Adware, Android, apple, Applications, Blackberry, BYOD, Computer Security Terms, Cyber crime, Cyber safety, cyberwar, data breach, email, enterprise, Facebook, google, Hacker, Hacktivism, Infographic, iOS, LinkedIn, Location tracking, Mac OS, malware, microsoft windows, Mobile Security, news, Online privacy, Password, phishing, privacy, Safe Banking, Security, Security patch, skype, Tech Terms, Threat Report, Tips, Twitter, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, WhatsApp, WhatsApp scam, Windows XP, Youtube

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:10:30 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs has recently learned about a serious vulnerability in Skype’s update installer – that’s the bad news. The worse news is, Microsoft is not going to patch the vulnerability anytime soon as this would require the updater to go through a ‘large code revision’. What is this…

MalwareBytes Security

Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome (updated)

February 7, 2018 admin chrome, freeze, google, jam, Malwarebytes news, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000

Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance.

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Tags: chrome freeze Google jam tech support scams

MalwareBytes Security

Tech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome

February 6, 2018 admin chrome, freeze, google, jam, Malwarebytes news, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000

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Tags: chrome freeze Google jam tech support scams

Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 21

January 26, 2018 admin 2fa, airplanes, Android, google, hacking, news, podcast, privacy, Sonic the Hedgehog, Threats, two-factor authentication

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:26:37 +0000

In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss a vulnerability in Sonic the Hedgehog, a woman who has a habit of sneaking onto flights and more.