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Naked Security needs an intern! Here’s how to apply

November 26, 2019 0 Comments content marketing, internship, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Charlotte Williams| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:46:22 +0000

Naked Security is looking for a content marketing intern to join the team for 12 months in 2020.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/T1Acg96DhTs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Parents say creep hacked their baby monitor to tell toddler they ‘love’ her

November 26, 2019 0 Comments baby monitor, baby monitors, fredi, IoT, iot security, Privacy, security threats, taococo, unsecure wifi

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:02:39 +0000

The Taococo FREDI baby monitor has repeatedly been criticized for being easy to hack.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/lcvDFj3ym4E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Court says suspect can’t be forced to reveal 64-character password

November 26, 2019 0 Comments child abuse, child abuse imagery, child porn, commonwealth v. davis, court decision, Cryptography, emule, fifth amendment, forced device unlock, forced unlock, forced unlocking, foregone conclusion, joseph davis, Law & order, Mobile, passwords, porn, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:30:16 +0000

We have to protect the constitutional rights of the innocent, and that can mean shielding guilty-as-hell child abusers, the court said.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tytTDlPZrB0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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National Veterinary Associates catches dose of ransomware

November 26, 2019 0 Comments cyberattack, data loss, malware, national cyber security centre, national veterinary associates, nva, Ransomware, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:16:10 +0000

Ransomware attacks don’t discriminate – and are just as happy targeting those with four legs as those with two.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ph3qbePJfZk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee publishes plan to save the web from ‘digital dystopia’

November 26, 2019 0 Comments contract for the web, facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Privacy, sir tim berners-lee, twitter, world wide web

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:27:10 +0000

Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has proposed a ‘Contract for the Web’ to rescue it from a headlong plunge into a moral abyss.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ei841Vw1q5s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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OneCoin crypto-scam lawyer found guilty of worldwide $400m fraud

November 25, 2019 0 Comments bank fraud, bulgaria, crypto scam, cryptocurrency, ico, initial coin offering, Law & order, mark scott, Money Laundering, onecoin, ruja ignatova, the missing cryptoqueen

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:46:09 +0000

A lawyer who boasted of making “50 by 50″ – as in, $50m by the age of 50 – is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ECTL_dfr8-k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ad-blocking companies block ‘unblockable’ tracker

November 25, 2019 0 Comments ad blocking, Adblocker, chrome, chromium, cname, firefox, online privacy, Privacy, trackers, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:45:02 +0000

Ad-blockers have figured out a way to block the unblockable – a pernicious tracker technique that hides advertising networks in plain sight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GELDo4RpiU8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russia to ban sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”

November 25, 2019 0 Comments Apple, dns, Government security, government surveillance, Huawei, Mobile, putin, runet, russia, security threats, sovereign internet law

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:31:17 +0000

The Russian Government’s campaign to control how its citizens use the internet seems to be gathering steam.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GmGUPDAdwPA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker gets 4 years in jail for NeverQuest banking malware

November 25, 2019 0 Comments banking malware, Botnet, Law & order, lisov, malware, neverquest, russia, russian hacker, security threats, stanislav vitaliyevich lisov, trojan, vawtrak

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:26:05 +0000

The NeverQuest Trojan has been used by cybermuggers to try to weasel millions of dollars out of victims’ bank accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wzl5484w02Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Why cryptocoin scams work, and how to avoid them

November 22, 2019 0 Comments cryptocoin, cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, ico, ponzi, Scam

Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:12:30 +0000

What are ICOs, why are they so popular and why do crooks love them so much?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/PJnGzgGV8k4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>