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A week in security (February 25 – March 3)

March 4, 2019 admin Exploits, gpu, Momo, PDF, Security world, tracking, Twitter, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:03:33 +0000

A roundup of the past week’s news, including mobile threats, viral scares, PDF tracking, and more.

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A week in security (February 18 – 24)

February 25, 2019 admin Android, atm, babyshark, exploit, Facebook, Security world, Week in security, winRAR

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:52:20 +0000

A roundup of security news from February 18–24 covering our most recent blogs and happenings in the world of infosec, including ATM hacking, Facebook location settings, spear phishing, and more.

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Max Schrems: lawyer, regulator, international man of privacy

February 25, 2019 admin Austria, Brave, California Consumer Privacy Act, CNIL, Compliance, Court of Justice for the European Union, Data Protection Directive, DPC, Edward Snowden, Europe v. Facebook, European Charter of Fundamental Human Rights, European Commission, Facebook, GDPR, GDPR fine, GDPR penalty, GDPR violation, General Data Protection Regulation, google, Information Commissioner's Office, Ireland, Irish Data Protection Commissioner, mark zuckerberg, mass surveillance, Maximilian Schrems, None of Your Business, noyb, NSA, PRISM, privacy, Privacy International, Safe Harbor, Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, Santa Clara University School of Law, Schrems, Security world, Vienna

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Almost 10 years ago, privacy advocate Max Schrems and the European Union began separate efforts to change the way the world thinks about online privacy. Thanks to them, we now have GDPR.

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Tags: Austria Brave California Consumer Privacy Act CNIL compliance Court of Justice for the European Union Data Protection Directive DPC Edward Snowden Europe v. Facebook European Charter of Fundamental Human Rights European Commission facebook gdpr GDPR fine GDPR penalty GDPR violation General Data Protection Regulation Google Information Commissioner’s Office ireland Irish Data Protection Commissioner Mark Zuckerberg mass surveillance Maximilian Schrems None of Your Business noyb NSA PRISM Privacy International Safe Harbor Safe Harbor Privacy Principles Santa Clara University School of Law Schrems Vienna

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A week in security (February 11 – 17)

February 18, 2019 admin anti-phishing-plan, bank of valetta, emotet, exploit kits, Security world, sextortion, sgx, VFEmail, Week in security, whole team security, wordpress plugin

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:30:22 +0000

A roundup of security news from February 11-17 covering sextortion, Facebook phishing, Emotet, exploit kits, whole team security, anti-phishing plan, and lots more.

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Tags: anti-phishing-plan bank of valetta emotet exploit kits sextortion sgx VFEmail whole team security wordpress plugin

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Tackling the shortage in skilled IT staff: whole team security

February 15, 2019 admin Business, BYOD, byos, empowerment, enablement, IT, it staff, Security world, shortage, skills shortage, volunteers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:40:23 +0000

Is whole-team-security, or empowering tech-savvy volunteers to help, a good solution to the shortage of skilled IT staff? It could be, if you keep certain ground rules in mind.

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A week in security (February 4 – 8)

February 11, 2019 admin Amazon, apple, AT&T, Australia, bitcoin, bounty hunters, cryptocurrency, cryptography, cybersecurity, Do Not Track, ebooks, Facebook, google, instagram, internet, jeff bezos, John wick, kindle, messenger, safari, secure messaging, Security world, Sprint, T-Mobile, URLs, Week in security, WhatsApp, zcash, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:05:33 +0000

A roundup of security news from February 4 – 8, including Facebook’s secure messaging integration, Google’s changes to URLs, a scam involving the Kindle store and John Wick, and more.

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Tags: amazon Apple AT&T Australia bitcoin bounty hunters cryptocurrency cryptography cybersecurity Do Not Track ebooks facebook Google Instagram internet Jeff Bezos John wick kindle messenger safari secure messaging Sprint T-Mobile URLs whatsapp Zcash zero day

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Compromising vital infrastructure: communication

February 8, 2019 admin botnets, Breaking the internet, Business, communication, DDos attack, Domain Generating Algorithms, encryption, hordes, Infrastructure, internet backbone, Misinformation and fake news, mobile telephone networks, Myanmar, Redundancy, Security world, vital

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:09:33 +0000

In the series about vital infrastructure we look at communication. How vital is it? How is malware a threat and even how does malware show us the way to secure communication?

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Tags: botnets Breaking the internet communication DDos attack Domain Generating Algorithms encryption hordes infrastructure internet backbone Misinformation and fake news mobile telephone networks Myanmar redundancy vital

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Merging Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram: a technical, reputational hurdle

February 7, 2019 admin apple, encryption, end-to-end encryption, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, instagram, messaging services, messenger, privacy, Security world, signal, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:53:35 +0000

Facebook’s plan to integrate secure messaging across Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram will demand technical know-how and a fierce commitment to user privacy.

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