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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...
LinkedIn Sued for Spying on Users With Apple Device Apps
Posted by AngelaWong, 13-07-2020(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn programmed its iPhone and iPad applications to divert sensitive information without users’ knowledge, according to a class-action lawsuit. The app...
TrickBot malware now checks screen resolution to evade analysis
Posted by AngelaWong, 11-07-2020The infamous TrickBot trojan has started to check the screen resolutions of victims to detect whether the malware is running in a virtual machine. When researchers analyze malware, they typically do ...