Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:00:00 +0000
In a new memoir and interview, the world’s most famous whistle-blower elucidates as never before why he stood up to mass surveillance—and his love for an internet that no longer exists.
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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:00:00 -0700
This pilot fish IT guy gets a call from an irate client one day complaining (incorrectly) that we had changed his administrative password on his Windows 2000 server without his knowledge.
“As I walked him through the logon process, I asked if the username in the login prompt was ‘Administrator,’ says fish. “His reply: “Oh, do I need to change that?”
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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000
White house spying, North Korea sanctions, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000
How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs.
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:21:15 +0000
With the departure of John Bolton from the White House this week, even the former national security advisor’s biggest critics are worried.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:55:48 +0000
A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:18:33 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn how fileless malware abuses PowerShell. Also, read how Trend Micro researchers are pulling back the curtain on the cybercriminal underground to warn consumers and businesses about…
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:09:00 -0700
Mozilla this week resurrected its Test Pilot preview program, offering Firefox users a free VPN-like service to encrypt browser-to-site-and-back transmissions over public networks.
“The Firefox Private Network is an extension which provides a secure, encrypted path to the web to protect your connection and your personal information anywhere and everywhere you use your Firefox browser,” wrote Marissa Wood, vice president of product, in a post to the Mozilla blog.
The free service is available immediately, but only to U.S.-based users running the desktop version of Firefox. A Firefox account – typically used for syncing copies of the browser on multiple devices – and an accompanying add-on are required.
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:32:00 -0700
Two months ago, the July Win7 security-only patch was found to install telemetry software, triggered by newly installed scheduled tasks called ProgramDataUpdater, Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser, and AitAgent. As best I can tell, Microsoft never admitted that its security-only patch dropped a telemetry component.
The August security-only update didn’t include that bit of snooping, so it looked like the July snooping was a one-off aberration.
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000
Connected devices are more secure than ever. That’s still not nearly enough.
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