Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:07:12 +0000
We’re shedding light on network security’s downfall – the struggle to balance performance, privacy and protection.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/n13iBVJ2T5A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:45:08 +0000
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| Users often search the web for downloads when companies no longer support software, and what they find is dubious. How can they tell if the files are safe? We tell how to spot the difference. Categories: Tags: certificatechecksumdownloadpadlockscantrusted |
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Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:11:50 +0000
Iran is no longer abiding by many of the restrictions in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, but that doesn’t mean it’s about to build a bomb, either.
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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:00:24 +0000
Forget Portal. This year, Facebook is marketing itself as a privacy crusader.
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:51:23 +0000
A user reported to Google that he was seeing images from other people’s devices.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/obA4FzgLKds” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:35:29 +0000
US cable and wire manufacturer, Southwire, last week filed a civil suit against Maze’s mysterious makers in Georgia Federal court.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jNMBVgsS2Wg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 04:53:00 -0800
A week from now, Microsoft will serve customers with the last for-free Windows 7 security update, in effect retiring the 2009 operating system.
However, hundreds of millions of personal computers will still power up thanks to Windows 7 on Jan. 14, and for an indeterminate timespan after that date. Windows 7 may be retiring, but it’s not disappearing.
Microsoft admitted as much more than a year ago when it announced Extended Security Updates (ESU), a program for commercial customers who needed more time to ditch Windows 7. ESU would provide patches for some security vulnerabilities for as long as three years. For a fee.
(Insider Story)
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:45:41 +0000
He cooked up an IT vendor, its invoices, its vapor-gear, and the phantom employees who never showed up to do all those services.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hCFk4KMyf3E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:11:55 +0000
The latest attempt to prove it’s not under China’s thumb: TikTok’s first transparency report.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-aP1_y68iB8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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FortiGuard Labs has been monitoring a new release of the malware known as Predator the Thief, labeled as version 3.3.4. Read more about its latest set of capabilities in this analysis.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/XhRhMuXC-MM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>