Category: Security
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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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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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FBI admits it uses stingrays, zero-day exploits | Ars Technica
FBI admits it uses stingrays, zero-day exploits Yeah, these are the guys that want to put an end to encryption because: criminals. But without the ability to protect oneself, everyone is subject to these invasions. As a note, others have gone to jail (almost forever) for doing what the FBI is doing. How is their…
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CNN investigates: How Corporate America keeps huge hacks secret – Nov. 30, 2015
The US Energy Grid was Hacked 79 Times This Year and we have learned nothing to protect ourselves better There’s a reason you never hear about major hacks of power plants, manufacturers and banks. Federal law keeps them secret. Source: CNN investigates: How Corporate America keeps huge hacks secret – Nov. 30, 2015
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New Drive-By Allows Exploit to Plug Dreaded Ransomware Cryptowall 4.0 | Hacked
New Drive-By Allows Exploit to Plug Dreaded Ransomware Cryptowall 4.0 | Hacked To immunize your Windows PC from the malware strain, here are a few pointers: Always keep your system updated. Always. Do frequent backups of important data and your OS, as a general practice. Stay away from untrustworthy websites One of the most effective…
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Pro PoS — This Stealthy Point-of-Sale Malware Could Steal Your Christmas – The Hacker News
Pro PoS Stealthy Point-of-Sale Malware Could Steal Your Credit Card during Christmas Shopping Source: Pro PoS — This Stealthy Point-of-Sale Malware Could Steal Your Christmas – The Hacker News “InfoArmor warned that cyber crooks were actively using the current version of Pro PoS Solution in an effort to target PoS systems used by large retailers…