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2017-08-04 08:03:46 |
Should IoT vendors be told what to do by the government? [VIDEO] (lien direct) |
Paul Ducklin discusses the thorny issue of whether to kick IoT vendors up the [redacted] to get them to admit that security matters. |
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2017-08-03 18:18:22 |
News in brief: WannaCry \'kill switch\' man detained; Firefox file encryption; DDoS fails to persuade (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news! |
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2017-08-03 17:17:12 |
Researchers display “CAN do†skill in vehicle DoS (lien direct) |
In the case of vehicles it's more of a “denial of control†attack |
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2017-08-03 15:16:01 |
Chrome\'s built-in adblocker arrives for early adopters (lien direct) |
Google wants to filter the pop-ups, prestitials and sticky ads out of your face |
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2017-08-03 14:29:13 |
Can US senators secure the Internet of Things? (lien direct) |
The US Congress is proposing "The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act". Seems like we could do with some of that. |
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2017-08-03 11:16:54 |
What do the words \'Tor\' and \'Dark Web\' mean to you? [VIDEO] (lien direct) |
Does Tor make you safer, or make you a target for surveillance? Are there legitimate reasons to use it? Even at work? Our experts explain... |
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2017-08-03 10:59:37 |
Fired employee caught by keylogger wins case (lien direct) |
Spyware isn't the preserve of foreign militaries and script kiddies |
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2017-08-02 18:43:02 |
News in brief: Facebook video chat; protecting Earth from aliens; do you want encryption? (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news! |
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2017-08-02 17:06:50 |
Android users: beware \'Invisible Man\' malware disguised as Flash (lien direct) |
Once installed it tries to steal banking and credit card details |
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2017-08-02 12:14:55 |
Fake hot-babe spears businessmen on LinkedIn (lien direct) |
The targets were all mid-level employees with elevated access, all young and all male. |
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2017-08-02 09:51:10 |
UK home secretary: \'real people\' don\'t want unbreakable encryption (lien direct) |
"Real people" just want cheap & easy; they don't care about stopping crooks and governments from reading their messages, says Amber Rudd. |
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2017-08-01 18:05:11 |
News in brief: Alexa as wiretap; Prankster fools White House; Amazon suspends Blu (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news! |
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2017-08-01 17:57:54 |
Anatomy of a privacy fail – when “Dark Data†gives away your identity (lien direct) |
This week's super-scary security topic is deanonymisation - we explain how it works. |
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2017-08-01 16:40:00 |
Should governments keep vulnerabilities secret? (lien direct) |
The 'secret vulnerability stash' debate rages on. |
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2017-08-01 15:32:45 |
Multiple vulnerabilities found in radiation monitoring gateways (lien direct) |
The gateways are used to prevent the illicit trafficking of nuclear and radiological materials. |
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2017-08-01 09:20:55 |
Game of Thrones data leaked in HBO hack (lien direct) |
Thieves claim to have 1.5 TB of HBO's data |
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2017-07-31 17:20:22 |
News in brief: Roomba data not for sale; thief-catching wallet; Windows Bounty Program (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news! |
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2017-07-31 17:15:45 |
Should Adobe make Flash open source? [POLL] (lien direct) |
Some of us are counting down to the end of Flash; others are trying to give it life after death. Who's right? Have your say... |
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2017-07-31 15:03:36 |
One lousy click: the phishing blunder that sank an entire product (lien direct) |
One. Lousy. Click. |
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2017-07-31 14:29:38 |
Dark Web criminals caught after reusing passwords (lien direct) |
Dark web encryption can't save you from yourself |
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2017-07-31 12:09:18 |
The New York gas pumps that steal your credit card (lien direct) |
The GSM skimmers are hooked up to the pumps' own power |
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2017-07-28 22:38:42 |
Become a sysadmin – learn how to fit right in [VIDEO] (lien direct) |
In one short #SysAdminDay video, we can't teach you how to *play* the part of a sysdmin, but we can help you *look* the part! |
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2017-07-28 17:38:40 |
News in brief: beware the hacked carwash; man sentenced over Mirai attack; farewell to the iPod (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news |
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2017-07-28 16:05:05 |
Lipizzan spyware linked to cyberarms firm plunders SMS, logs and photos (lien direct) |
SophosLabs takes a look under the hood of a piece of Android malware that Google says contains references to a cyberarms company |
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2017-07-28 14:24:01 |
Are you a Sysadmin? Find out now for free! (lien direct) |
Even on #SysAdminDay, it's hard to get agreement on who is a sysadmin. NO PROBLEM: our 5-question quiz will find out the truth at once. |
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2017-07-28 14:19:58 |
Police crack seized phones of inauguration day protesters (lien direct) |
The unencrypted devices have offered up a bonanza of data to police - what would your phone reveal about you?
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2017-07-28 12:29:26 |
Facebook joins heavy hitters to fund group standing up to post-truth (lien direct) |
Facebook is joining executives from Google as well as former head of the NSA and Hillary Clinton, among others, to support the body that looks like a version 2.0 upgrade to fact-checking |
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2017-07-28 11:11:04 |
Today\'s the day – celebrate your sysadmin superheroes! (lien direct) |
We've barely put away the bunting from last year's Sysadmin Day and it's come round again - join us in celebrating our superheroes! |
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2017-07-28 10:54:26 |
Going on holiday? Here are our tips for a security-minded trip (lien direct) |
From taking care with hotel WiFi to keeping your cellphone safe, we've got some advice as you head off on holiday |
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2017-07-28 08:57:36 |
How to hack a Sysadmin – jump the IT support queue every time! (lien direct) |
Celebrate #SysAdminDay by learning how to win friends and influence syadmins - and how to jump those pesky IT queues. |
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2017-07-27 17:55:24 |
News in brief: US indicts Russian BTC-e \'mastermind\'; Blu still phoning home; bug bounty offers $250k (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news |
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2017-07-27 15:15:27 |
Don\'t want your SMSs stolen? Don\'t download these Android apps (lien direct) |
We've found two apps in Google Play that use plugins to help themselves to your text messages |
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2017-07-27 14:11:53 |
Independent labs to probe medical devices for security flaws (lien direct) |
Medical devices have been a focus of concern - but a network of independent labs will work with manufacturers and health providers to improve their security health |
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2017-07-27 13:45:16 |
Wells Fargo apologizes for spilling trove of data on wealthy clients (lien direct) |
The e-discovery process during litigation is a challenge to make sure that all the data is properly handled and disclosed, as Wells Fargo has learned |
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2017-07-27 11:53:40 |
Start-up accused of undermining popular open-source tools (lien direct) |
San Francisco company Kite 'wants to do better' after users object to its changes to Minimap for Atom |
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2017-07-27 10:39:42 |
Wait, this email isn\'t for me – what\'s it doing in my inbox? (lien direct) |
Emails can contain confidential information and are often sent to the wrong person, yet many businesses don't even bother to verify addresses when you sign up with them. What can be done? |
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2017-07-26 17:06:56 |
Garbage in, garbage out: a cautionary tale about machine learning (lien direct) |
Security based on machine learning is only as great as the data it feeds on, as Sophos data scientist Hillary Sanders explains at Black Hat 2017 |
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2017-07-26 14:41:56 |
Where are the holes in machine learning – and can we fix them? (lien direct) |
Machine learning algorithms are increasingly a target for the bad guys - but the industry is working to stop them, explains Sophos chief data scientist Joshua Saxe |
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2017-07-26 14:14:02 |
Philadelphia RaaS: our map of how it works (and how to prevent it) (lien direct) |
At $400, the Philadelphia ransomware kit isn't cheap - but crooks buying it will get a lot of bang for their buck, as we've discovered from digging in to how it works |
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2017-07-26 13:47:10 |
Privacy dust-up as Roomba maker mulls selling maps of users\' homes (lien direct) |
Roomba maker iRobot is quick to reassure that it'll all be opt-in, but it already sweeps up a lot of data |
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2017-07-26 11:04:48 |
WikiLeaks drops another cache of \'Vault7\' stolen tools (lien direct) |
Latest dump is a trove of malware from Raytheon used for surveillance and data collection |
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2017-07-26 10:13:52 |
Chips with everything – are you ready to be bio-hacked? (lien direct) |
News that a US company is 'bio-hacking' its employees with RFID chips is a publicity stunt - but it does raise issues of security and ethics |
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2017-07-25 17:57:16 |
News in brief: finally, a farewell to Flash; Paint lives on; young cybercriminals sent to rehab (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news |
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2017-07-25 16:39:39 |
Mozilla wants to hear your voice – but should you keep quiet? (lien direct) |
The organization behind Firefox is crowdsourcing voice samples to help people outside the big companies build software and services. But is having your say a good idea? |
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2017-07-25 16:05:29 |
For better machine-based malware analysis, add a slice of LIME (lien direct) |
Adding a slice of LIME to machine learning can take it from the 'what' to the why' |
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2017-07-25 14:55:00 |
Swedish PM admits that huge data leak is \'a disaster\' (lien direct) |
Huge outsourcing project led to data on millions of Swedish citizens as well as criminal records, and the home addresses of military personnel being exposed |
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2017-07-25 13:33:02 |
Senator demands to know why email isn\'t shielded by DMARC (lien direct) |
Full implementation of DMARC could stop bogus emails sent by scammers to taxpayers |
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2017-07-25 10:51:25 |
Ransomware as a service: how the bad guys marketed Philadelphia (lien direct) |
Ransomware as a service has broken out of the dark web and its creators are making money by selling it openly online |
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2017-07-24 18:17:02 |
News in brief: China forces spyware on minority group; farewell to Paint; drones to be regulated (lien direct) |
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news |
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2017-07-24 16:11:50 |
Microsoft opens up a new front in the battle against Fancy Bear (lien direct) |
Microsoft's lawyers have gone after the the hacking group's web domains - with some success |
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