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“Influencers” de YouTube obtienen tokens 2FA con phishing

October 7, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, actualidad, autenticación, redes sociales, youtube

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:22:04 +0000

Una ola de secuestros de cuentas de YouTubers atacó a usuarios de alto perfil, muchos de ellos en la comunidad de auto-tuning y reseñas de automóviles, a pesar de estar algunos de ellos protegidos por la autenticación de dos factores (2FA), informó ZDNet. . Catalin Cimpanu de ZDNet publicó enlaces a docenas de publicaciones de […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/54RUipL5BQw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google retira más bloqueadores falsos de anuncios de Chrome Web Store

October 7, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, Google Chrome

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:26:17 +0000

Google de nuevo ha sido reprendido por no detectar extensiones falsas que se hacen pasar por marcas populares en su Chrome Web Store. Las víctimas esta vez fueron AdBlock by AdBlock Inc (fácilmente confundida con la extensión legítima AdBlock by getadblock) y uBlock by Charlie Lee (similar al uBlock.org de uBlock.org o al uBlock Origin […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/VwzMN4E90e0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android devices hit by zero-day exploit Google thought it had patched

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, cve-2019-2215, Google, Google Project Zero, Mobile, nso group, Operating Systems, pegasus, Privacy, security threats, vulnerability, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:41:15 +0000

Android smartphones are vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that Google thought it had patched for good two years ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9TX4gOYOCsQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook urged by governments to halt end-to-end encryption plans

October 7, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, australia, back doors, Cryptography, cypherpunk, encryption, end-to-end encryption, facebook, Government security, Mark Zuckerberg, Privacy, Social networks, telegram, uk, usa, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:31:35 +0000

The US, UK and Australian governments last week officially urged Facebook to halt its plans for end-to-end encryption.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/K9Rl32jdNKE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Social media platforms can be forced to delete illegal content worldwide

October 7, 2019 0 Comments austria, defamation, EU, european court of justice, European Union, eva glawischnig-piesczek, facebook, greens, illegal content, Law & order, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:05:57 +0000

The EU’s top court ruled that platforms like Facebook can be ordered to proactively seek out and delete all copies of illegal content.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oaBb-PIYY-o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android-Gratis-Apps: Abzocke mit horrenden Folgegebühren

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, apps, Corporate

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:25:06 +0000

Im Rahmen seiner Suche nach kriminellen Machenschaften im Netz sind die SophosLabs auf eine weitere Masche unseriöser App-Entwickler gestoßen, die trotz ihrer eindeutigen Betrugsabsicht mehr oder weniger unbehelligt ihr Unwesen treiben kann: Die Forscher haben auf Google Play eine ganze Reihe von Alltagsanwendungen gefunden, die scheinbar nur zu dem einzigen Zweck angeboten werden, die Nutzer […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/NIRV0y1BTl8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WannaCry mutiert vom aggressiven Infekt zum fragwürdigen Impfstoff

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Ransomware, security news, security tips, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:01:10 +0000

Die Beute bleibt die gleiche. Aber das Jagdverhalten ändert sich. Der neueste Report von Sophos „WannaCry Aftershock“ gibt einen Überblick über die WannaCry Schadsoftware, die es mit einer weltweiten Angriffswelle am 12. Mai 2017 zu einiger Bekanntheit geschafft hat. Die Analysen der Sophos-Forscher zeigen, dass WannaCry weiterhin aktiv ist, mit Millionen versuchten Neuinfizierungen jeden Monat. […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/dY6xpHhxr5E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wi-Fi signals let researchers ID people through walls from their gait

October 7, 2019 0 Comments gait, IoT, Law & order, Privacy, radio frequency sensing, santa barbara, sensing, smart homes, university of california, Wi-fi, xmodal-id

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:36:22 +0000

Police could set up transceivers outside a building and compare spectrograms of suspects walking vs. crime scene footage.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uthcWVmlUvo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Rolling back Ryuk Ransomware

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, Ransomware, Ransomwares, Ryuk ransomware

Credit to Author: Sally Adam| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:05:36 +0000

To understand how to stop Ryuk ransomware we look at how the attacks unfold.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ZjaJQGFRg2A” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Buying a new laptop? Here’s how to secure it

October 4, 2019 0 Comments laptop, laptop set up, new computer, security tips

Credit to Author: Maria Varmazis| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:35:00 +0000

Getting the basics right gives you a lot of protection. Here’s how.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wJ2SUrOxfL0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>