Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:08:53 +0000
CSAM hosting in the United States rose 64 percent last year, putting the country second in the world, a new report found.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Even as police and tech companies get better at shutting down illicit operations, cybercrime is worse than ever.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
In a twist, a massive trove of stolen bitcoins will repay the dark web market creator’s $183 million restitution.
Read moreCredit to Author: Paul Gillin| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 04:30:00 -0700
Human beings are natural pack rats, as evidenced by the 2.3 billion square feet of self-storage space that’s in use in the U.S. Fear of getting rid of stuff even has a name: disposophobia.
Keeping every pair of shoes your kids have ever worn isn’t a problem for anyone except those with whom you share living space.
But the same rules don’t apply to data.
All industries have records retention guidelines spelled out in compliance rules. They are usually strictly enforced for regulated companies, and firms that run afoul of them can be punished.
Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0700
Last summer, law enforcement officials contacted both Apple and Meta, demanding customer data in “emergency data requests.” The companies complied. Unfortunately, the “officials” turned out to be hackers affiliated with a cyber-gang called “Recursion Team.”
Roughly three years ago, the CEO of a UK-based energy company got a call from the CEO of the company’s German parent company instructing him to wire a quarter of a million dollars to a Hungarian “supplier.” He complied. Sadly, the German “CEO” was in fact a cybercriminal using deepfake audio technology to spoof the other man’s voice.
Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:50:00 -0700
You might not know it from all the panic-inducing headlines out there, but Android is actually packed with practical and powerful security options. Some are activated by default and protecting you whether you realize it or not, while others are more out of the way but equally deserving of your attention.
So stop wasting your time worrying about the Android malware monster du jour and which security company is using it to scare you into an unnecessary subscription, and take a moment instead to look through these far more impactful Android settings — ranging from core system-level elements to some more advanced and easily overlooked options.
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:00:00 +0000
A pair of reports from Mandiant and Google found a spike in zero-day vulnerabilities in 2021. The question is, why?
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:09:04 +0000
There’s a simple way to limit Netflix freeloaders—give users the ability to easily boot unknown devices linked to their accounts.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Even as police and tech companies get better at shutting down illicit operations, cybercrime is worse than ever.
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 21:50:41 +0000
Guns. Luxury apartments. Duped Secret Service personnel. Did the FBI uncover a foreign plot, or something more ridiculous?
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