Collaborate Disseminate
An increasing number of websites are asking visitors to approve “notifications,” browser modifications that periodically display messages on the user’s mobile or desktop device. In many cases these notifications are benign, but several dodgy firms are paying site owners to install their notification scripts and then selling that communications pathway to scammers and online hucksters. Continue reading Be Very Sparing in Allowing Site Notifications
Smart assistants are programmed to eavesdrop on you in order to await commands. Sometimes they’re dangerous, and other times downright hilarious. What’s the real value in these devices?
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Online project management tools can be not only useful, but a lifeline for developers and PMs who juggle multiple tasks with competing deadlines. How can we use them in a secure way?
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Tags: breachcloudmanageme… Continue reading Can we trust our online project management tools?
How do spammers know how to target you for scams? They use social media to produce the most convincing types of spam.
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Tags: login credentialsnigerianphishphishingPieter Arntzsocial mediaspam
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How do DDoS attacks work? And how do we protect our organizations from the growing size and number of attacks?
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A new generation of thieves, bank robbers 2.0, seek to steal huge amounts of money as anonymously as they can. So they’ve developed a multitude of ways to pilfer cryptocurrency.
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Tags: bakcoinhivecrypto-currency… Continue reading Bank robbers 2.0: digital thievery and stolen cryptocoins
To gain the trust of users, the makers of PUPs put the logos of reputable security and tech firms on their websites to imply their product is endorsed by the companies. They are not.
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Tags: logosMcAfeemicrosoft… Continue reading Stolen security logos used to falsely endorse PUPs
Two new extensions in Firefox and Chrome force install then hide from the user. Learn how you can protect yourself against them and remove them manually.
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Tags: blockedchromeextensionsfirefoxnormal removalPiet… Continue reading New Chrome and Firefox extensions block their removal to hijack browsers
False positives are alarms for non-specific files or behavior that is flagged as malicious, while in fact there were no bad intentions present.
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| What could have happened when you find Facebook posts or messages that you didn’t post or send? And what are the actions you can take to prevent further abuse?
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