Facebook has made a new feature called Security Checkup generally available after testing on an invite-only group, according to SoftPedia.
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Want to mend your systems admin relationship? On this Systems Administration appreciation day, we give you a few tips to help mend fences.
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United Airlines customer flight records have been lost in a data breach it has been reported.
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Operation Patao Express – Attackers spying on high-value targets in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, and their TrueCrypt-encrypted data.
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As the cost of fixing security mistakes in Jeep Chrysler Dodge vehicles mounts, so does the need for manufacturers to weigh cybersecurity risks in the product development process, alongside features and benefits.
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The majority of managers believe that IT risk management data genuinely influences board decisions, according to Gartner.
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Security researchers have created a practical privacy attack out of a well-known theory around user behaviour. The attack appears to defeat privacy measures such as Tor.
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Moonpig, the online personalised card company, has blocked the accounts of an unspecified number of customers after users' details were published online.
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The summer sales are upon us and there are plenty of good deals to be had online, but internet shopping is not without its dangers.
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Security experts and non security experts take very different attitudes to staying safe online, according to new research.
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There are three fundamental elements that must not be overlooked when starting out in corporate security, summarized as the 'ABC of information security'.
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A serious bug in Valve’s Steam engine has allowed a series of user credentials to be stolen over the past week, according to reports.
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Accidental ‘pocket dials’ are now admissible in evidence against you, the US Appeals court has ruled.
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Information security could use some good news right now, something to offset the string of bad news about data breaches and system vulnerabilities; so how about this: "Cyber Criminal Forum Taken Down, Members Arrested in 20 Countries".
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A group of six academics have published a paper describing a new high speed anonymity network that could increase the privacy of internet users everywhere.
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A newly disclosed bug in widely-used OpenSSH software allows attackers to make thousands of password guesses in a short space of time.
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A recently identified trojan porn clicker is still infecting apps on Google Play.
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Support scammers: old twisters, new twists, and scammer psychology.
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Some of the biggest digital companies have banded together to take action on the rising tide of ad click fraud.
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Hackers have demonstrated an exploit that can take remote control of a Jeep, to the extent of cutting the transmission and controlling the throttle.
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When it comes to data security, hackers continue to exploit the biggest weakness – people. So, what are the top security mistakes we keep making?
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Smartwatch security is noticeably absent in most devices, leaving users at risk of cyberattacks.
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Skype users have been advised by Microsoft to change their passwords following reports that 'spoofed' messages are being sent without user permission.
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The 37 million users of hacked infidelity site Ashley Madison are at risk of having their names and private details leaked, reports The Verge.
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A Morrisons employee with a grudge was responsible for posting personal data of nearly 100,000 staff onto the internet, a court heard.
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British teen Seth Nolan Mcdonagh, aka "narko" has been sentenced for his role in a 2013 attack which slowed the internet around the world.
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United Airlines has paid out two million flight miles to two security researchers who uncovered 14 separate vulnerabilities in the company’s operation.
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International law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 60 people suspected of carrying out cybercrime associated with the Darkode forum.
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Gamers beware – video games, websites and even apps are all in the sights of hackers hungry for better scores, more money and public notoriety.
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How homograph attacks can present a spoofed, malicious link, and a case where a secure connection doesn't guarantee a safe site.
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Cybercriminals constantly use vulnerabilities to infiltrate networks, and their favorite tools for this are known as exploits. But what is an exploit?
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A planned Defcon talk around a low-cost privacy device called ProxyHam has been cancelled.
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In April, ESET’s Laboratory in Latin America received a report on an executable program named "Liberty2-0.exe." Now, it asks is there a version 1.0?
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Yellow Jersey wearer targeted by critics who claim he has been using performance-enhancing drugs.
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Barclays bank is to pay out around £500,000 in compensation to 2,000 customers whose personal data was found on a USB stick in a flat on the south coast.
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The US Office of Personnel Management has admitted that the widely-publicised data breach in June was more wide-reaching than at first thought.
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The infamous Sednit espionage group is currently using the Hacking Team exploits disclosed earlier this week to target eastern European institutions.
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Breaking into the music business is one thing. Breaking into Madonna's computer without permission is quite another.
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Adobe Systems has issued a sizeable security update with patches for 36 vulnerabilities, at least one of which is currently under attack in the wild.
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Over 500,000 Android users targeted by phishing apps harvesting their Facebook credentials. ESET detects these trojans as Android/Spy.Feabme.A.
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More than 5,000 devices in petrol stations in the US can be manipulated from the internet, causing false alarms, closure of the petrol station and locking the monitoring services out of the system.
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The crowds at Comic-Con are a tempting target for cybvervillains, so get prepared with these top tips for keeping your data and devices safe.
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Telco T-Mobile’s US arm received more data requests than its larger peers in 2014.
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A new version of Open SSL is set to be released imminently, patching a single ‘high severity’ vulnerability.
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One reason cybercrime is on the rise is a lack of “capable guardians”, people with the appropriate skills and personal ethics to defend networks against attack. Last week, I participated in a program that aims to develop the skills, mindset, and moral code required defend networks against criminal abuse: Cyber Boot Camp. A joint project of
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Bitcoin has issued an urgent warning that very recent transactions could be invalid, due to a glitch with older mining software that could cause Bitcoins to be double-spent.
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The “Hacking Team” Security Company has been hacked and more than 400 GB of confidential info has been leaked by a group of unidentified attackers.
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The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is no longer able to issue IPv4 addresses, activating an 'unmet requests' policy for the first time,
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A new app could see Mastercard accepting selfies instead of passwords to make purchases online.
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Cars which are capable of receiving instructions via the internet (such as software updates) are potentially more at risk of being hacked or meddled with than those which don't.
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