You Need to Update iOS, Android, and Chrome Right Now
Credit to Author: Kate O’Flaherty| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Plus: Microsoft patched some 100 flaws, while Oracle issued more than 500 security fixes.
Read moreMonth: April 2022
Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
Credit to Author: Ax Sharma| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:21:42 +0000
Beyond accusations of rampant user copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of more serious illegal activity.
Read moreBeware scammers disguised as fraud busters
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:38:35 +0000
Scammers are asking people to download a remote access app onto their phones so they can steal their savings.
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Read moreWarning! Instagram Stories hides a scam in plain sight
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:18:30 +0000
Scammers are taking advantage of an Instagram feature that cleans up after them.
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Read moreGoogle Play’s Data safety section empowers Android users to make informed app choices
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:56:07 +0000
Google has been busy. After introducing badges for browser apps, it’s also launched its “nutrition labels” for apps.
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Read moreUkraine government and pro-Ukrainian sites hit by DDoS attacks
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:01:46 +0000
We can’t tell which party made the first move, but both the pro-Ukraine and Russian sides have been exchanging DDoS attacks.
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Read moreCaution! Beware of the Fake WhatsApp Mother’s Day Scam.
Credit to Author: Digvijay Mane| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 06:34:44 +0000
Getting text messages from random numbers is disturbing. But spam messages aren’t just annoying; they can also be…
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Read moreWhy you should be taking security advice from your grandmother
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 23:10:42 +0000
We take a look at a report which indicates younger generations are struggling with being able to spot scams, and why that might be.
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Read moreTrend Micro Partnering with Bit Discovery
We’re excited to partner with Bit Discovery, bringing attack surface discovery capabilities to the Trend Micro One platform, providing ongoing visibility to internal assets (devices, identities, applications) but also external, internet-facing assets.
Think the video call mute button keeps you safe? Think again
Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:35:00 -0700
Have you recently been on a video confefence call, hit the “mute” button and then offered up some nasty comments about a client or a colleague — or even the boss?
Or maybe while in a conference room with colleagues — muted — and pointed out that some proposed action would violate the terms of a secret acquisition in its final stages?
If you were comfortable that the mute button was actively protecting your secret, you shouldn’t have been.
Thanks to some impressive experimentation and research from a group of academics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Loyola University Chicago, utterances made while the app is in mute are still captured and saved into RAM.