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Match knowingly puts people at risk from scammers, FTC charges

September 27, 2019 0 Comments confidence scams, data loss, fake profiles, fraud, FTC, Law & order, lawsuit, match.com, okcupid, online dating, phishing, plenty of fish, Romance Scams, security threats, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:37:48 +0000

Match.com allegedly put users on its free version at risk – by not filtering out communications that it knew were from fake accounts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qoySkY_s2X8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep10: Emotet’s back, mutant WannaCry and Insta scam – Naked Security Podcast

September 26, 2019 0 Comments copyright, emotet, Instagram, malware, Naked Security Podcast, phishing, Podcast, podcasts, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:21:06 +0000

Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast – listen now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nWmQT0mc684″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Hackers are infecting WordPress sites via a defunct plug-in

September 26, 2019 0 Comments automattic, github, malware, nuanced media, plug-ins, rich reviews, rich reviews plug-in, security threats, wordfence, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:37:03 +0000

If you’re a Wordpress admin using a plug-in called Rich Reviews, you’ll want to uninstall it. Now.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qE8j8GEJrAI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Russian pleads guilty in massive JPMorgan hacking scheme

September 26, 2019 0 Comments andrei tyurin, breach, cyberattacks, data loss, gery shalon, guilty plea, Hacking, joshua samuel aaron, jpmorgan, Law & order, pump and dump, russia, securities fraud, security threats, ziv orenstein

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:27:06 +0000

Andrei Tyurin is the first to be convicted in one of the largest thefts of customer data from a single US financial institution in history.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tqRY012oxXA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Update ColdFusion now! Emergency patch for critical flaws

September 26, 2019 0 Comments Adobe, adobe coldfusion, critical flaw, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:16:54 +0000

Adobe has rushed out fixes for three vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion web development platform, two of which have been given the top billing of ‘critical’.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GUGdeqtu7ac” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so

September 26, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, biometric information privacy act, biometrics, BIPA, face tagging, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Illinois, Law & order, lawsuit, Machine Learning, magisto, photo tagging, Privacy, vimeo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:47:25 +0000

The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/mzcU6d5eSbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Fleeceware’ apps overcharge users for basic app functionality

September 25, 2019 0 Comments android pua, android pup, black friday, caveat emptor, fake app, fleeceware, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Jagadeesh Chandraiah| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:01:49 +0000

Unscrupulous publishers take advantage of Play Market policy loopholes to charge app users hundreds of dollars<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/JvVQVZv0-tI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Microsoft rushes out fix for Internet Explorer zero-day

September 25, 2019 0 Comments cve-2019-1255, cve-2019-1367, CVEs, ie, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Patch, Patching, security threats, vulnerability, Web Browsers, Windows, Windows 10, windows defender, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:48:58 +0000

Microsoft has rushed to patch two flaws affecting IE versions 9 to 11, one of which the company says is being exploited in real attacks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JKx5VMBH6xs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google wins landmark case: Right to be forgotten only applies in EU

September 25, 2019 0 Comments cnil, court of justice of the european union, EU, france, geoblocking, Google, google search, Law & order, Privacy, privacy watchdog, right to be forgotten, rtbf, search engines

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:55:04 +0000

Yes, people have the right to be forgotten, but only if they’re European, the top EU court ruled on Tuesday.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XQWHqX4_TKA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Patch released for Windows-pwning VPN bug

September 25, 2019 0 Comments cve-2019-6145, vpn, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:34:17 +0000

VPN vendor Forcepoint has patched a security flaw that could have given attackers unfettered access to its users’ Windows computers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/urFdXrwNd_M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>