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Hyundai tells customers to update their Blue Link smartphone app to protect against hackers targeting their cars.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Flawed Hyundai app could have helped hackers break into cars
An evolving malspam campaign changed its tactics and increased its complexity on three separate occasions over the span of four days. Researchers first spotted the malicious spam campaign on 11 April. At that time, its attack emails each had a different sender, subject line, message, and link. But all of them used the United States […]… Read More
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It’s 2017, and anti-virus products still goof up like this…
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Webroot causes massive headaches after falsely flagging Windows files as malicious
The internal private online chat and instant messaging service HipChat has sent password reset instructions to some of its users because of a security incident. Ganesh Krishnan, Chief Security Officer for the Atlassian-owned platform, disclosed some information about the incident on 24 April. As quoted in a security notice released by HipChat: “This weekend our […]… Read More
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Linksys is working on a firmware update for 10 security vulnerabilities affecting its “Smart” Wi-Fi series of routers.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Got one of these 20+ Linksys Smart Wi-Fi routers? Bad news. 10 security vulnerabilities discovered
David Bisson explains how Firefox users can clear their caches, browsing history, and cookies for better privacy.
Continue reading How to clear the cache, cookies, and browsing history in Firefox
A Russian man has received a sentence of 27 years in prison for hacking into American businesses and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. On 21 April, the Federal District Court of Seattle sentenced Roman Valerevich Seleznev>, 32, to 27 years in prison – the longest sentence imposed for hacking-related charges in the United […]… Read More
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Many organizations migrate to the cloud because of increased efficiency, data space, scalability, speed and other benefits. But cloud computing comes with its own security threats. To address these challenges, companies should create a hybrid cloud environment, confirm that their cloud security solution offers 24/7 monitoring and multi-layered defenses, and implement security measures like encryption, […]… Read More
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A new Android malware family is able to blend in with normal network traffic and avoid detection by encrypting its payloads, in order to access internal networks.
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading MilkyDoor malware turns Androids into backdoors to attack enterprise networks
Fraudsters are using fake Delta Air Lines receipts that lack any flight information whatsoever to infect unsuspecting users with malware. An attack begins when a user receives a fake payment confirmation email from Delta Airlines. Notice anything missing? The senders of the email don’t include any flight information in the message’s body, something that you […]… Read More
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