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IBM tears into Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ claim

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Google, IBM, Machine Learning, quantum computer, Quantum Computing, quantum supremacy

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:19:07 +0000

Is ‘quantum supremacy’ the moment that the rarefied world of quantum computing finally enters popular consciousness? Probably not.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KQ-hCfgul6U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firewall group management just got easier

October 24, 2019 0 Comments early access program, Network, Sophos Central, XG Firewall

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:26:18 +0000

The Firewall Group Management early access program starts today, in Sophos Central.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Xzg7DQjL8qk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges

October 24, 2019 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, malware, mobilespy, phonesheriff, Privacy, retina-x, security threats, spyware, Stalkerware, stalking apps, teenshield

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:59:48 +0000

It’s the first time we’ve gone after a stalking app, the FTC said. In this case, that would be a stalking app that got breached – twice.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LN5zrcziLXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Alexa and Google Home phishing apps demonstrated by researchers

October 23, 2019 0 Comments actions, Alexa, amazon, amazon echo, eavesdropping, Google, Google Home, karsten nohl, passwords, phishing, Privacy, security research labs, skills, smart spies, spying apps, srl, vishing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:43:57 +0000

The researchers’ “Smart Spies” apps showed how Amazon Alexa and Google Home users could be exposed to vishing and eavesdropping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2-76soYbixo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hacker breached servers used by NordVPN

October 23, 2019 0 Comments data breach, data hack, data leak, Hacker, NordVPN, Privacy, security threats, torguard, virtual private network, vpn, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:41:12 +0000

NordVPN has been forced to admit that a hacker stole an expired TLS certificate key used to securely connect customers to its web servers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/f5mz8QmYkC8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran

October 23, 2019 0 Comments 2020 us presidential elections, blmnews, compromised accounts, facebook, fake accounts, fake news, graphika, Instagram, internet research agency, IRA, iraq, liberty front press, nathaniel gleicher, political ads, russia, russian troll army, russian trolls, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:02:15 +0000

It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kiW_2Z3IoYY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Travel database exposed PII on US government employees

October 23, 2019 0 Comments amazon, AWS, best western, best western hotel & resorts group, data breach, data loss, department of homeland security, Elasticsearch, PII, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:32:40 +0000

A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ya-mCNqAOjw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Enhanced protection comes to Intercept X

October 23, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, early access program, enduser, Intercept X

Credit to Author: Alex Gardner| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 21:22:59 +0000

The Intercept X Enhanced Protection early access program is here – try it out and have your say.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/uD7IhjfMW9U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Aufdringliche Werbe-Apps schleichen sich auf Millionen Smartphones

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Corporate

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:55:44 +0000

App-Entwickler betten seit Jahren sogenannte Ad-Codes in ihre Apps ein, um die Entwicklungskosten zu decken. Einige Anbieter nutzen ihre Programme aber einfach nur als Plattform, um Anzeigen auf mobile Geräte zu schalten. Die SophosLabs haben kürzlich 15 solcher Apps bei Google Play entdeckt. Die Apps erzeugen dabei häufig auftretende, große und aufdringliche Anzeigen. Dabei verstecken […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/v4u3u3iy73o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Algunas aplicaciones Android de adware ocultan su icono para dificultar su eliminación

October 22, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, adware, Android, smartphones

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:58:32 +0000

La desinstalación de una aplicación de Android que hemos identificado como adware es normalmente fácil de realizar: simplemente consiste en hacer clic y arrastrar hacia la esquina superior derecha de la pantalla y a la papelera. La aplicación desaparece, idealmente seguido de una calificación negativa en Google Play para alertar a otros sobre su mal […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SgrM9-3TkWk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>