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2018-05-04 12:59:04 | The Pentagon bans Huawei and ZTE smartphones from military bases worldwide (lien direct) |  Smartphones made by ZTE and Huawei have been banned from sale at US military bases around the world, following concerns that they could pose a security threat.
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2018-05-04 11:20:00 | Yes, you should change your Twitter password - but don\'t panic (lien direct) |  Yes, you should change your Twitter password. And you should ensure you're not using the same password anywhere else. And you should enable Login Verification.
But you shouldn't panic.
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2018-05-03 14:32:02 | Kitty malware gets its claws into Drupal websites to mine Monero (lien direct) |  Websites running vulnerable versions of the Drupal content management system are being targeted by the latest incarnation of the Kitty malware family.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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2018-05-03 12:19:01 | Firms running Cisco WebEx are told to update their software… again! (lien direct) |  It feels like no time at all since businesses were being advised to update their installations of Cisco's WebEx conferencing software to deal with a security issue.
And that's because, it is barely any time at all…
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2018-05-03 01:27:03 | Goodbye Cambridge Analytica, hello Emerdata? (lien direct) |  Cambridge Analytica, the shady firm at the centre of the recent Facebook data scandal, is shutting down.
But is it simply going to resurrect itself with a new name?
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2018-05-02 23:00:02 | Smashing Security #076: Spying phones, hacked ski lifts, and World Password Day (lien direct) |  Cheap Android smartphones sold on Amazon have been sending customers' full text messages to a Chinese server, ski lifts are found to be the latest devices left open to abuse by hackers, and we remind you why password managers are a good idea on World Password Day. Oh, and our guest serenades us with a hit from the 1980s!
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by broadcaster and journalist David McClelland.
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2018-04-30 15:02:01 | Online poker site bombarded by DDoS attacks, pauses tournaments (lien direct) |  One of the world's oldest online poker websites has been forced to pause its online tournaments after suffering a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-04-30 13:32:00 | Hacker who almost sprung a prisoner out of jail is himself imprisoned for seven years (lien direct) |  IT staff were tricked into visiting a webpage which installed malware onto their computers, ultimately giving a hacker complete control of prison records.
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2018-04-27 14:25:01 | Flawed routers with hardcoded passwords were manufactured by firm that posed \'national security risk\' to UK (lien direct) |  Researchers discovered it was possible to compromise Hyperoptic's ZTE-manufactured routers simply by tricking an intended victim into clicking on a malicious link.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-04-27 12:41:04 | The NSA wants its algorithms to be a global IoT standard. But they\'re simply not trusted (lien direct) |  Part of the concern is that the Simon and Speck algorithms might contain encryption backdoors that would be abused by US authorities.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
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2018-04-27 11:37:00 | Reports of tech support scams rocket, as fraudsters make a pretty penny (lien direct) |  A genuine Microsoft error message or security warning will never include a phone number. So don't call it!
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-04-26 11:30:01 | Researchers reveal how hotel key cards can be hacked – what you need to know (lien direct) |  Security researchers at F-Secure have discovered a flaw that could allow millions of hotel rooms around the world to be accessed by unauthorised parties, without leaving a trace.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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2018-04-25 23:07:02 | Smashing Security #075: Quitting Facebook (lien direct) |  Should you quit Facebook? How do you delete your Facebook account? What do you need to consider before leaving Facebook for good? And what's the easiest way to successfully go cold turkey on Facebook?
Find out in this special splinter episode of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.
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2018-04-25 15:23:03 | Website down! DDoS-for-hire site Webstresser shut by crime agencies (lien direct) |  International law enforcement agencies have forced offline a website believed to be the world's biggest marketplace for hiring distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-04-25 12:35:05 | The firms that piggyback on ransomware attacks for profit (lien direct) |  “Don't want to pay the ransom? Pay us, and we'll pay it for you!”
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2018-04-24 15:41:05 | Now Amazon wants the keys to your car (lien direct) |  Yes, Amazon is now offering free in-car delivery to customers in some cities.
If you're comfortable with a stranger remotely unlocking your car, of course.
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2018-04-23 14:04:02 | Prick up your ears! There\'s a new biometric in town (lien direct) |  Boffins at NEC say that they have developed a biometric technology that can surreptitiously identify individuals by differences in their ears.
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2018-04-19 07:48:00 | 48 million people put at risk after firm that scraped info from social networks left it exposed for anyone to download (lien direct) |  Chances are that you've never heard of Washington-based data firm LocalBlox. But that doesn't mean that they haven't heard of you. And it doesn't mean that your personal information hasn't been recklessly exposed through their sloppy disregard for the most basic security.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-04-18 23:19:00 | Smashing Security #074: Smashing Security isn\'t bullsh*t (lien direct) |  Crime forums on Facebook, fraudsters pose as anti-fraud hotlines, and how big advertising companies are in bed with the rampant data collection of internet giants.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest B J Mendelson, author of “Social media is bullsh*t.”
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2018-04-18 21:32:03 | Facebook crime forums existed unchallenged for up to nine years (lien direct) |  Cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs spent just a couple of hours last week hunting for the Facebook forums used by fraudsters, and what he discovered is alarming.
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2018-04-18 13:03:01 | Facebook pushes ahead with controversial facial recognition feature in Europe (lien direct) |  Facebook has started pushing European and Canadian users into giving its controversial facial recognition technology free reign to run rampant over their photos and videos.
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2018-04-17 15:33:00 | US, UK, and Australian governments accuse Russia of targeting networking infrastructure (lien direct) |  An alert warns that since 2015 large numbers of enterprise-class and consumer routers, switches, firewalls, and Network-based Intrusion Detection Systems have been compromised to further the national security and economic goals of Russia.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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2018-04-12 09:38:05 | Kemi Badenoch MP, self-confessed website hacker (lien direct) |  In 2008, the deputy leader of the British Labour party had her website hacked.
And now we know who did it…
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2018-04-11 23:08:04 | Smashing Security #073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up (lien direct) |  Politician admits to hacking a rival's website, T-Mobile Austria ends up in a Twitter security storm, and siren systems are hit by a Rick Astley attack.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by special guest Maria Varmazis.
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2018-04-11 12:05:00 | An apology to my Facebook followers (lien direct) |  Quitting Facebook is hard enough for many people, I don't want to give anybody another reason to stay.
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2018-04-10 14:10:04 | The world\'s most popular YouTube video has been hacked (lien direct) |  Hackers have managed to deface an array of popular YouTube music videos, changing titles and thumbnail images.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
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2018-04-10 14:04:00 | China forces spyware onto Muslim\'s Android phones, complete with security holes (lien direct) |  Eight million Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic group, have been ordered by the Chinese authorities to install a spyware app onto their Android smartphones. And it's insecure…
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-04-06 16:37:02 | Facebook\'s secret plan to access hospital patient records (lien direct) |  Facebook wanted to gobble up data from hospitals about their most vulnerable patients, and match it up with user profiles on the world's biggest social network.
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2018-04-06 12:28:05 | Facebook knew for years scammers were harvesting users\' details with phone number searches. Did nothing (lien direct) |  Mark Zuckerberg: “At some point during the last several years, someone has probably accessed your public information.”
Yep. So why didn't you do something about it Zuck?
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2018-04-05 12:44:00 | Find out who is leaking your secrets, with help from invisible zero-width characters (lien direct) |  Even the shortest section of text can contain a hidden “fingerprint” that could identify the source who has leaked the information.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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2018-04-05 08:55:01 | Smashing Security #072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data? (lien direct) |  Grindr, MyFitnessPal, and Panera Bread. They've all had data breach scares of varying degrees this week. Some handled the security breaches well, some didn't. We took a look at how well different firms are respecting your data privacy.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
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2018-04-04 13:54:05 | Why you might want to tell Facebook you now live in Europe (lien direct) |  If you're concerned that you might be getting a worse deal from Facebook than your European cousins, maybe you could find some way to make your Facebook profile look like you're based in Europe?
Failing that, there's always the option to delete your account.
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2018-04-04 13:27:00 | Don\'t blame Panera Bread\'s security guy just because he used to work at Equifax (lien direct) |  Yes, we should be mad at Panera Bread for its lousy response to a serious security issue.
But things turn ugly when the masses begin to blame individually-named members of the security team.
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2018-04-03 12:53:05 | Panera Bread\'s half-baked security (lien direct) |  We've heard it all before. Company “takes your data security very seriously.” But this one really takes the biscuit…
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-03-29 19:39:01 | Too many IoT smartphone apps making life easy for online criminals (lien direct) |  Warnings have been raised again about the security of the smartphone apps used to control IoT devices, with many found to be lacking elementary security and privacy measures.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Box blog.
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2018-03-28 23:08:01 | Smashing Security #071: Pony-tailed pundit ponders privacy problems (lien direct) |  Endangering your friends online, the fibs told by VPN vendors, developments from the world of cryptomining, and Carole shares an animated GIF with Mikko and Graham.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by Mikko Hyppönen from F-Secure.
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2018-03-28 22:55:01 | Police arrest teens in connection with spammed-out school bomb threats (lien direct) |  Hundreds of British schools and colleges reported receiving bomb threats via email, and sent pupils home.
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2018-03-28 22:15:01 | Firefox users can now \'isolate their Facebook identity\' from the rest of the web (lien direct) |  Firefox's Facebook Container add-on makes it harder for Facebook to track your web activity via third-party cookies.
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2018-03-28 10:28:01 | How a boobytrapped QR code can trick iOS 11 into taking you to a malicious website (lien direct) |  A security researcher has publicised a flaw in the latest version of iOS that could fool iPhone users into visiting a malicious website rather than a safe one.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
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2018-03-27 08:27:03 | (Déjà vu) Police arrest members of billion-dollar banking cybercrime gang (lien direct) |  ATM jackpot gang is thought to have infiltrated over 100 financial firms in 40 countries, costing banks more than one billion dollars.
Read more in my article on the We Live Security blog.
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2018-03-26 10:04:02 | YouTube isn\'t for kids (lien direct) |  YouTube continues to recommend young kids watch some deeply weird (and sometimes downright disturbing) videos.
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2018-03-23 13:08:01 | Guccifer 2.0\'s schoolboy error reveals he\'s hacking from Moscow (lien direct) |  So-called “lone hacker” was in fact an officer with Russia's military intelligence division. Forgetting to enable his VPN on one single occasion helped investigators identify his real location.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-03-22 17:32:04 | Did hackers lead warplanes to Syrian hospital after targeting British surgeon\'s computer? (lien direct) |  BBC Newsnight broadcast phone number of surgeons working in war-torn Aleppo… and then the hospital was bombed.
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2018-03-22 00:36:05 | (Déjà vu) Smashing Security #070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica (lien direct) |  It's not fair to describe what happened at Facebook as a data breach - it's much worse than that. An autonomous Uber vehicle kills a pedestrian. And sextortion continues to be a serious problem.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by researcher Scott Helme.
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2018-03-20 21:14:03 | Security - it shouldn\'t just be the jewel in your crown, but your partners and suppliers too (lien direct) |  Before you entrust sensitive data to any third party, your company needs to be sure the partner can and will keep it safe from attack.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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2018-03-20 11:18:00 | Cambridge Analytica controversy: Was there a Facebook data breach? (lien direct) |  It's not fair to describe what happened at Facebook as a data breach.
It's much worse than that.
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2018-03-19 13:04:05 | This Android malware redirects calls you make to your bank to go to scammers instead (lien direct) |  Once installed the malware will intercept mobile calls you attempt to make to your bank, and instead direct them to a scammer.
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2018-03-19 00:18:00 | Cambridge Analytica\'s grab of 50 million Facebook users\' data (lien direct) |  Cambridge Analytica is widely credited for helping Donald Trump's successful campaign on social media to be elected President of the United States.
But now it has been suspended from Facebook, following claims that it gathered the profiles of some 50 million users without their knowledge.
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2018-03-15 18:03:04 | Hackers continue to exploit hijacked MailChimp accounts in cybercrime campaigns (lien direct) |  MailChimp, a service that millions of people around the world use to send out email newsletters, is being abused by hackers to spam out malware.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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2018-03-15 00:07:04 | Smashing Security #069: Cryptomining, China, and Bob Ross (lien direct) |  How come Apple's Mac App Store authorised a buggy app that mined for cryptocurrency in the background? How can a Mosquito attack steal data from an air-gapped computer? And is China keeping score on its social media-loving citizens?
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by special guest John Hawes.
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