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AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online: Lock and Code S04E21

October 10, 2023 0 Comments Podcast

Categories: Podcast

This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Bay Area teenager Nitya Sharma—for the second year in a row—about what she’s most worried about online and what she does to stay safe.

MalwareBytes Security

Upgrading your Android device? Read this first

October 10, 2023 0 Comments Android, backup, dispose, news, personal, transfer, upgrade, wipe

Categories: Android

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: android

Tags: upgrade

Tags: transfer

Tags: backup

Tags: dispose

Tags: wipe

A few tips and how-tos for when you are ready to move to the next Android phone. Backup, transfer, wipe, and move on.

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A week in security (October 2 – October 8)

October 10, 2023 0 Comments 2023, news, october, Security, week

Categories: News

Tags: Week

Tags: security

Tags: October

Tags: 2023

A list of topics we covered in the week of October 2 to October 8, 2023

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Security Wired

Google Makes Passkeys Default, Stepping Up Its Push to Kill Passwords

October 10, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:50:29 +0000

Google is making passkeys, the emerging passwordless login technology, the default option for users as it moves to make passwords “obsolete.”

Security Wired

Activist Hackers Are Racing Into the Israel-Hamas War—for Both Sides

October 10, 2023 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2023 22:21:46 +0000

Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks, and attempted to overload targets with junk traffic to bring them down.

Security Sophos

Sophos Firewall v20: VPN Enhancements

October 10, 2023 0 Comments firewall v20, Network, products & services

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 20:14:17 +0000

Start taking advantage of all the great new features in SFOS v20 today.

Security TrendMicro

Electric Power System Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

October 9, 2023 0 Comments trend micro research : cyber threats, trend micro research : how to, trend micro research : ics ot, trend micro research : ransomware, trend micro research : webinar

Credit to Author: Mayumi Nishimura| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Digitalization has changed the business environment of the electric power industry, exposing it to various threats. This webinar will help you uncover previously unnoticed threats and develop countermeasures and solutions.

Independent Krebs Security

Phishers Spoof USPS, 12 Other Natl’ Postal Services

October 9, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alibaba, correos.es, dnslytics.com, domaintools, Latest Warnings, poste italiane, posti, postnl, postnord, ua-80133954-3, urlscan.io, usps, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:39:43 +0000

Recent weeks have seen a sizable uptick in the number of phishing scams targeting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) customers. Here’s a look at an extensive SMS phishing operation that tries to steal personal and financial data by spoofing the USPS, as well as postal services in at least a dozen other countries worldwide.