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New BBC ‘dark web’ Tor mirror site aims to beat censorship

October 28, 2019 0 Comments anti-surveillance, bbc, censorship, enterprise onion toolkit, exit nodes, Privacy, the onion router, Tor

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:08:03 +0000

A mirror copy of the BBC’s international news website is now available to users on the so-called dark web.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sRi_R8Cw8DM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Crypto Capital boss arrested over money laundering

October 28, 2019 0 Comments arrest, bitcoin, bitfinex, crypto capital, cryptocurrency, digital currency, exchanges, extradition, ivan manuel molina lee, Law & order, lawsuit, Money Laundering, payment processor, poland, tether, token sale

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:53:51 +0000

Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange’s “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LnDwGsb6p10″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Old School aber erfolgreich: Mit Phishing-SMS Passwörter abgreifen

October 28, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, phishing

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:39:56 +0000

Die meisten Leute denken, dass Phishing-Attacken generell via Mail kommen. Das stimmt auch größtenteils, denn das großflächige Verteilen via Elektropost ist eine günstige und effektive Angriffsmethode. Doch längst nicht alle Phishing-Attacken kommen per Mail. Phishing ist mit jeglicher elektronischer Kommunikation möglich, einschließlich Social Media, Instant Messaging und sogar über die gute alte SMS – um […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ibA-CnhYNcU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firefox Privacy Protection makes website trackers visible

October 25, 2019 0 Comments content trackers, firefox, firefox privacy protection, lockwise, Mozilla, Privacy, Web Browsers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:33:28 +0000

Mozilla has added another privacy tweak to Firefox version 70 – the ability to quickly see how often websites are tracking users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TxqeyH4Au6Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Keylogging data vampire pleads guilty to bleeding two companies

October 25, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Department of Justice, keyloggers, keylogging, Law & order, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:04:06 +0000

He drained data from firms working on hot new technology, sneaking in with a fake access badge, planting hardware and software keyloggers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m3yduCwBOnU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Phishers strike at mobile wellness app company

October 25, 2019 0 Comments BEC, business email compromise, evergreen life, phishing, phishing attack, security threats, wellness

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:35:36 +0000

What were the phishers after? People’s login details for Office 365.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/VrgS1241pEg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep14: Samsung fingerprint fail, mystery black boxes and invisible Android apps – Naked Security Podcast

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Android, android malware, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:54:05 +0000

New episode available now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jXRm-gfsGy0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Vulnerability in content distribution networks found by researchers

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Akamai, cdns, content distribution networks, cpdos, http, hypertext transfer protocol, security threats, vulnerability, web servers

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:41:44 +0000

Researchers have found a flaw that could lead to denial of service attacks on content distribution networks around the world.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/R2nlTpWWhFQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Robot Hotel says sorry about the buggy bedside bots

October 24, 2019 0 Comments androids, bed-bots, code signing, henn na hotel, his group, his hotel group, japan, nfc tag, peeping toms, Privacy, robot hotels, robots, security threats, smart speakers, surveillance, tapia, unsigned code, voice assistants, voice recognition, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:39:48 +0000

Japan’s Henn na Hotel says it’s “modified” the bots so pervs can’t exploit the ability to run unsigned code and spy on future guests.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6qgRyj8P2OY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>