Author: dschmidthawk
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Password secrets: Your Passwords Aren’t As Secure As You Think
Password secrets: Your Passwords Aren’t As Secure As You Think – Technotification There is one thing that make us so vulnerable is ignorance. Today, everything is going to be depended on the internet. Yes, and you know it better! and a concept that we use to secure our internet accounts and all is our passwords.…
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From Today Onwards, Don’t You Even Dare To Use Microsoft Internet Explorer | The Hacker News
From Today Onwards, Don’t You Even Dare To Use Microsoft Internet Explorer Are we prepared to play this out without setting any groundwork and without mitigating and reducing the consequences of an all-automated society? Yes, from today, Microsoft is ending the support for versions 8, 9 and 10 of its home-built browser Internet Explorer, thereby…
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‘Ridiculous’ Bug in Popular Antivirus Allows Hackers to Steal all Your Passwords
‘Ridiculous’ Bug in Popular Antivirus Allows Hackers to Steal all Your Passwords If you have installed Trend Micro’s Antivirus on your Windows computer, then Beware. Your computer can be remotely hijacked, or infected with any malware by even through a website – Thanks to a critical vulnerability in Trend Micro Security Software. The Popular antivirus…
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Hackers Install Free SSL Certs from Let’s Encrypt On Malicious Web Sites
Criminals are abusing Let’s Encrypt Certificates TLDR How can You Prevent Yourself From Such Attacks? Trend Micro has reached out to both the Let’s Encrypt project, and the legitimate domain’s owner to notify them about the malvertising campaign. And Here’s your take: Users should be aware that a ‘secure’ website is not always or necessarily…
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Pioneer In Internet Anonymity Hands FBI A Huge Gift In Building Dangerous Backdoored Encryption System | Techdirt
Rockin’ Encryption, Open Back Door… Few doubt Chaum’s cryptography skills or pedigree. He was instrumental in the early days of computer cryptography and what anonymity we have online today owes a lot to Chaum. But his latest plan is… troubling: At the Real World Crypto conference at Stanford University today, Chaum plans to present for…
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First Click: The quietest story of CES is also the biggest | The Verge
What happens to humans when all things move like information? Are we prepared to play this out without setting any groundwork and without mitigating and reducing the consequences of an all-automated society? So what happens when the robots reduce the cost and time of moving physical objects to not a lot and pretty fast? When…
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Credit Card Skimmers Found in Colorado, California Safeway Branches | Hacked
A banking chain in Colorado told Krebs on Security that it discovered a skimming operation while investigating several fraud cases against its clients. It discovered a common link in all the cards that were drained at local ATM machines: they had all been used at the same Safeway stores. It wasn’t just the stores, however,…
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FBI Chief Asks Tech Companies to Stop Offering End-to-End Encryption | Motherboard
Sure, we should just open all information to all governments, right? Who needs a warrant? Who needs due process? Because all of those politicians — with their hands in the pockets of special interests — only have the citizens best interests at heart, right? I mean when has our government ever been corrupt and/or morally…
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Get A Glimpse Of The Cyber Threat Landscape For 2016 And Beyond | Hacked
Here’s a rundown of the cyber threat landscape for 2016 and beyond, courtesy of a report from Intel security. Coming In 2016 The 2016 predictions covers threats from ransomware, infrastructure attacks, attacks on automobile systems and the sale and warehousing of stolen data. • Hardware: Attacks on hardware and firmware will continue while the market…
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🎄Google Santa Tracker
Google’s Santa Tracker is Back! On a lighter, seasonal note, the Google Santa Tracker is back! Every day during December something new is revealed to play, watch, learn, or otherwise interact with. And of course once Christmas rolls around, the site will track Santa as he travels around the world. There’s also a Google Play…