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Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

February 24, 2020 0 Comments ad fraud, adware, Android, Android apps, bad apps, cheetah mobile, disruptive ads, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, Machine Learning, Mobile, out-of-app ads, policy, Spam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:26:22 +0000

These apps plunk ads in front of us when we’re trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xlWz9s2MFTA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple chops Safari’s TLS certificate validity down to one year

February 24, 2020 0 Comments Apple, Apple Safari, ca/browser forum, certificate authorities, Cryptography, Google, https, Privacy, Safari, security threats, sha-1, ssl/tls, TLS, tls certificates, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:42:33 +0000

From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cpkLvAwmg9A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The Amazon Prime phishing attack that wasn’t…

February 21, 2020 0 Comments backdoor, phishing, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:51:12 +0000

When we followed the phishing trail, we found ourselves at a web page we weren’t expecting…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9mSp9ocEk8g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep27: Bluetooth holes, dodgy Chrome extensions and forgotten passwords – Naked Security Podcast

February 21, 2020 0 Comments bluetooth, chrome, Cryptography, cybersecurity, Naked Security Podcast, news, Podcast, sweyntooth, tech

Credit to Author: Alice Violet| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:32:45 +0000

New episode – listen now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RNXX7HxPuPc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Larry Tesler, of copy-and-paste fame, dies at 74

February 21, 2020 0 Comments copy and paste, in memoriam, nomodes, rip, tesler

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:11:34 +0000

Larry Tesler, the computing pioneer who insisted that user interfaces should be both comfortable *and* consistent, has died aged 74.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EMu5ZKWZB4c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Five steps to avoid a cloud data breach

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Cloud Security, Corporate, data breach, mgm hotels, public cloud environments, sophos cloud, sophos cloud optix

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:59:35 +0000

The recent MGM Resort hotels cloud server data breach highlights the need to secure sensitive data held in the public cloud.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ifst-NkTXmQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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US and UK call out Russian hackers for Georgia attacks

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Georgia, Government security, gru, nation state hacking, national crime agency, nca, russia, russian hacking, sandworm, security threats, uk, US

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:43:24 +0000

The US and UK governments have both accused Russia of launching a cyber attack against the Georgian government last year.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k1GSfrG1_cs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Data of 10.6m MGM hotel guests posted for sale on Dark Web forum

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Celebrities, data breach, data dump, data loss, gnosticplayers, guests, hacking forum, hotel, irina nesterovsky, kela, las vegas, mgm resorts, PII, security threats, sim card, sim swap, sim swap fraud, under the breach

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:55:24 +0000

The data dump apparently included PII for Justin Bieber and Jack Dorsey.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z2tLH5LX16k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Adobe fixes critical flaws in Media Encoder and After Effects

February 21, 2020 0 Comments Adobe, adobe after effects, adobe media encoder, critical flaw, CVEs, out of band updates, out-of-band, security threats, updates, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:16:30 +0000

After fixing a pile of critical security flaws as part of last week’s Patch Tuesday, Adobe has raised two more needing urgent attention.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EikvZUdR_eM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition

February 21, 2020 0 Comments bill, biometrics, facial recognition, Law & order, law enforcement, legislation, Privacy, privacy law, seattle, senate bill 6280, washington

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:12:47 +0000

The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EQuUOXoeqVU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>