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Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts

November 18, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, cryptocurrency, data loss, death threat, Law & order, Mobile, original gangster, phone porting, security threats, sim jacking, sim swap fraud, SIM swapping, SIM swaps, sim-jacked, social accounts, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:17:51 +0000

Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/J1Y9CgBcaSw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe

November 18, 2019 0 Comments #deletefacebook, facebook, faceook, jimmy wales, online advertising, online privacy, social media, Social networks, twitter, Wikipedia, wikitribune, wt: social

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:52:08 +0000

Tired of being a tracked, ad-bedeviled product sold by social media companies? The cost to immediately join a network with no tracking/ads: $12.99/month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nExb-1DLtfU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How ransomware attacks

November 15, 2019 0 Comments bitpaymer, data loss, dharma, gandcrab, how ransomware attacks, lockergoga, malware, matrix, megacortex, Ransomware, RDP, robbinhood, ryuk, SamSam, Sodinokibi, SophosLabs, WannaCry

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:23:41 +0000

A new report reveals what defenders should know about the most prevalent and persistent malware families.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/PHgUHbe0Xgc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How the Linux kernel balances the risks of public bug disclosure

November 15, 2019 0 Comments Bug, bug disclosure, cve-2019-17666, CVEs, Flaw, Linux, linux community, linux kernal, remote exploit, security threats, vulnerability, Wi-fi, wi-fi interface

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:27:40 +0000

A serious Wi-Fi flaw shows how Linux handles security in plain sight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k8HeNuageMA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Data thieves blew cover after maxing out victim’s hard drive

November 15, 2019 0 Comments data hack, data loss, data theft, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, infotrax, Privacy, security threats, utah

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:02:36 +0000

The FTC has reached a settlement with InfoTrax after thieves stole a million sensitive customer records from its servers in 2016.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/W6A0rfdd15M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Brave 1.0 launches, extends ad-watching payouts to iOS

November 15, 2019 0 Comments ad blocker, ad tracking, basic attention tokens, bat, Brave, brave 1.0, cryptocurrency, iOS, malvertising, Mobile, Privacy, Tracking, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:36:08 +0000

It’s showtime: Finally out of beta comes the browser that promises privacy, anonymity and cryptocurrency in exchange for your eyeballs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oVgTjmFNurY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple fires employee after he texts customer’s pic to his own phone

November 15, 2019 0 Comments Apple, apple store, employee, fired, gloria elisa fuentes, iPhone, Law & order, Mobile, nudes, Privacy, sexting, stolen photos

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:29:42 +0000

An “EXTREMELY PERSONAL”, year-old pic, the woman said, that he had to scroll through 5,000 photos to get to. Police are investigating.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/pJ0UYPjeVG8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Intercept X for Mobile aces Miercom’s MTD Industry Assessment

November 14, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, enduser, Intercept X, intercept x for mobile, miercom, mtd industry assessment

Credit to Author: Tom Walsh| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:22:34 +0000

“Sophos provides an impressive defense that will protect enterprise BYOD networks.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/FMGxYURKT3g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How the most damaging ransomware evades IT security

November 14, 2019 0 Comments brute force, cryptoworm, EternalBlue, privilege escalation, raas, Ransomware, RDP, smb, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Mark Loman| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:50:28 +0000

This article is a condensed version of our report How Ransomware Behaves: What defenders should know about the top families<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-0DnxPzSZek” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>