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A compilation of notable security news from January 22 to January 28, featuring multiple bitcoin and ransomware scams, the rise of spyware, human trafficking as a twisted malware service, and more.
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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from January 15 to January 21, featuring the culprit behind the false Hawaii missile alarm, New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions, Mega Millions scams, and more.
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Security world
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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from January 8 to January 14, including Meltdown and Spectre fallout, apps with naughty ads, and cybercrime surrounding the Winter Olympics.
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Malwarebytes news
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Learn why Malwarebytes is blocking a sub-domain of an adult website.
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Social engineering
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At CES this week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced WPA3, the newest security protocol for Wi-Fi devices. WPA3 includes four new security capabilities and is the most significant upgrade to Wi-Fi security since 2004.
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A 28-year-old Ohio programmer is charged with creating the Fruitfly malware to spy on thousands of unsuspecting victims and produce child pornography.
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Cybercrime
Hacking
Tags: child pornographyfruitflyfruitfly creator indictedmalwar… Continue reading Alleged creator of Fruitfly indicted for 13 years of spying
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from January 1 to January 8, including Meltdown and Spectre updates, miners, wire fraud refunds, and fake apps on Google Play.
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Week in security
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2018 gets off to a rough start as manufacturers and software vendors tackle a series of severe bugs called Meltdown and Spectre that affect all modern computers.
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Security world
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This year saw a handful of spectacularly bad security fails that resulted in massive sets of compromised data. Here are the most colossal data breaches of 2017.
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Cybercrime
Hacking
Tags: data breachesdata breaches of 2017EdmodoEquifa… Continue reading The seven most colossal data breaches of 2017
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from December 11 to December 17, including the net neutrality ruling, adult site advertising, and Bitcoin-related scams.
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Security world
Week in security
Tags: airport hackcrypto-… Continue reading A week in security (December 11–17)