How to protect your TikTok account
Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:55:02 +0000
We reveal the best settings for protecting your profile from hackers, haters, and spammers.
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A sloppy click can exfiltrate your important data!
Credit to Author: Anant Pulgam| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:17:12 +0000
Phishing email still remains one of the top malware propagation medium. Recently, we came across an interesting phishing email containing couple of Jumpshare links pointing to malicious components. Jumpshare is an online file sharing service and often cyber criminals abuse these kind of file sharing services. Upon clicking on one of the links in…
Read moreFed rule on patient access to healthcare data gets EMR vendor pushback
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800
The largest electronic medical record (EMR) vendor in the U.S. is fighting a proposed government rule to allow patients and their physicians greater access to electronic health information – regardless of the technology platform – to promote data exchange.
According to a number of recent reports, EMR vendor Epic Systems is lookng to derail the finalization of a rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would implement some provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act. In particular, the rules governing information-blocking of patient healthcare information and EMR interoperability are at the heart of the fight.
Google and Microsoft have gone too far
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:55:00 -0800
Google and Microsoft are using dark pattern design to trick or force users to do things they never intended. Is it time to switch to more ethical search engines? (We list 10 alternatives.)
Read moreTransatlantic Cable podcast, episode 126
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:24:05 +0000
On this podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss the latest scam targeting Travelex customers, a phishing attack on the UN, Australia relief being targeted by Magecart, and more.
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Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:09:39 +0000
Privacy International talks about period-tracking apps and the perils of sharing secrets with apps.
Read moreThe aftermath of the Twitter epilepsy attack
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:45:45 +0000
Twitter has taken actions to prevent attacks with strobing images on people with epilepsy. Are these actions sufficient?
Read moreThe Everyday Cyber Threat Landscape: Trends from 2019 to 2020
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:15:04 +0000
The past 12 months have been another bumper year for cybercrime affecting everyday users of digital technology. Trend Micro blocked more than 26.8 billion of these threats in the first half of 2019 alone. The bad news is that there are many more out there waiting to steal your personal data for identity fraud, access…
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