Collaborate Disseminate
In cybersecurity, the bad guys almost always have a head start on the good guys. There are several reasons for this, but basically security is fundamentally reactive, and there is asymmetry in the battle.
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Avast researchers have found that Android flashlight applications request an average of 25 permissions to access data or features on mobile devices, potentially exposing users in unnecessary ways.
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A security researcher discovered an exposed server that contained several databases of information on over 419 million Facebook accounts, Tech Crunch reported. Predominantly listing users’ phone numbers and Facebook IDs, the server also exposed o… Continue reading Exposed Facebook Server Leaks 419M Records | Avast
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a critical flaw in the Android smartphones built by Samsung, Huawei, LG, and Sony, whereby a bad actor could potentially infiltrate a victim’s phone using a phony provisioning message. Mobile operators se… Continue reading Flaw Allows Phony Provisioning Alerts on Androids | Avast
A UK-based energy firm was scammed out of $243,000 when criminals targeted the company with an effective vishing campaign. “Vishing” is short for “voice phishing,” the tactic of tricking targets over the phone. This incident mar… Continue reading Deepfake Voice Fraud Causes $243,000 Scam | Avast
In 1990, there were 3 million people on the internet. (Today there are 1,000 times that many.) And while there were experiments – such as a “wired” soda machine at Carnegie Mellon University – there were no smart devic… Continue reading The Internet’s First Smart Device | Avast
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service issued an alert to taxpayers about a new phishing scam that uses fraudulent emails posing as IRS communications to direct American taxpayers to download malware. With subject lines such as “Automatic Income Tax R… Continue reading IRS alerts public to ‘tax reminder’ phishing scam | Avast
Alex Halderman was researching election hacking a decade before the 2016 U.S. presidential race made it front-page news. The computer science professor at the University of Michigan brought change to India’s elections, turned a U.S. voting machin… Continue reading Alex Halderman Speaks About Election Cybersecurity at CyberSec & AI Prague Conference | Avast
Avast researchers have worked with French and U.S. law enforcement to stop 850,000 infections by a “worm” – or malware that replicates – by causing the threat to destroy itself.
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Facebook controversies come and go, but a recent issue involving the surveillance and transcription of users’ conversations seems particularly troubling to government officials, privacy watchdogs, and users. Here are answers to 10 questions you m… Continue reading Facebook Transcribing Raises Concerns | Avast