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Thousands of Vulnerable F5 BIG-IP Users Still Open to Takeover
Posted by AngelaWong, 19-07-2020Less than 500 machines have been patched since U.S. Cyber Command issued an alert to patch a critical bug that’s under active exploit. About 8,000 users of F5 Networks’ BIG-IP famil...
Twitter Hack Update: What We Know (and What We Don’t)
Posted by AngelaWong, 19-07-2020Earlier this week, Twitter locked down thousands of verified accounts, including the accounts of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple, Uber and others, after it became clear that hackers had been a...
What the Twitter Hack Revealed: An Election System Teeming With Risks
Posted by AngelaWong, 17-07-2020The breach that targeted Joe Biden, Barack Obama and others served as a warning: Had it happened on Nov. 3, hoping to upend the election, the political fallout could have been quite different. ...
Amazon-Themed Phishing Campaigns Swim Past Security Checks
Posted by AngelaWong, 17-07-2020A pair of recent campaigns aim to lift credentials and other personal information under the guise of Amazon package-delivery notices. Amazon in the era of COVID-19 has become a staple of many p...
The Dangers of Hacking and What a Hacker Can Do to Your Computer
Posted by AngelaWong, 16-07-2020How Hackers Operate and How to Protect Yourself People, not computers, create computer threats. Computer predators victimize others for their own gain. Give a predator access to the Internet &m...
Our cybersecurity isn’t just under attack from foreign states. There are holes in the government’s approach
Posted by AngelaWong, 14-07-2020Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed last month Australia is actively being attacked by hostile foreign governments. An advisory note posted on the government’s Australian...