City worker loses USB stick containing data on every resident after day of drinking

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:26:21 +0000

We take a look at reports of a USB drive containing data on all 460k residents of a city in Japan, and how encryption helped lessen the risk.

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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000

The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.

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Brave Search wants to replace Google’s biased search results with yours

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:23:53 +0000

Brave Search, the privacy search engine you may not have heard of, is a year old and growing fast.

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CISA Log4Shell warning: Patch VMware Horizon installations immediately

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:54:58 +0000

CISA warns of log4shell being actively exploited to compromise VMware Horizon systems. We take a look at their warning.

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Instagram introduces new ways for users to verify their age

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:47:00 +0000

Meta has announced it’s going to test new age verification methods like social vouching and video selfies for INstagram users.

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A week in security (June 20 – June 26)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:30:06 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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5 ways to avoid being catfished

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Before dining over catfish this National Catfish Day, remember another catfish that’s also captured the public’s attention.

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Cybersecurity agencies: You don’t have to delete PowerShell to secure it

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:34:04 +0000

International cybersecurity authorities have published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet on making it harder to abuse PowerShell

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