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Creating a culture of supporting and advancing women is no small feat, but it's worth the challenge. Start with yourself. Here's how.14 June 2020
Privnotes.com Is Phishing Bitcoin from Users of Private Messaging Service Privnote.com
For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com, a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. Until recently, I couldn't quite work out what Privnotes was up to, but today it became crystal clear: Any messages containing bitcoin addresses will be automatically altered to include a different bitcoin address, as long as the Internet addresses of the sender and receiver of the message are not the same.14 June 2020
Lamphone attack lets threat actors recover conversations from your light bulb
Academics record light variations in a light bulb to recover the sound waves (speech, conversations, songs) from a room 25 meters (80 feet) away.13 June 2020
15 Individuals Plead Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Online Auction Fraud Scheme
Members of Romanian gang used fraudulent ads for nonexistent products to extract money from US Internet users, DoJ says.12 June 2020
Cryptominers Found in Azure Kubernetes Containers
Images from a public repository contained cryptominers that Microsoft researchers found in Kubeflow instances running on Azure.12 June 2020
Knoxville Ransomware Attack Leads to IT Network Shutdown
The ransomware attack hit the Tennessee city of Knoxville this week, causing disruptions in various services.
12 June 2020
Knoxville Pulls IT Systems Offline Following Ransomware Attack
Knoxville's government took its network offline and turned off infected servers and workstations after a ransomware attack this week.12 June 2020
7 Must-Haves for a Rockin' Red Team
Follow these tips for running red-team exercises that will deliver added insight into your operations.
12 June 2020
Microsoft Joins Ban on Sale of Facial Recognition Tech to Police
Microsoft has joined Amazon and IBM in banning the sale of facial recognition technology to police departments and pushing for federal laws to regulate the technology.
12 June 2020
Android ‘ActionSpy’ Malware Targets Turkic Minority Group
Researchers warn that the Earth Empusa threat group is distributing the spyware by injecting code into fake and watering-hole pages.
12 June 2020
Inside Stealthworker: How it Compromises WordPress, Step-by-Step
A new wave of attacks using old malware is threatening WordPress sites that don't have strong password policies.
12 June 2020
Russia says Germany has not provided any evidence of Bundestag hack
Germany may seek to impose sanctions on Russia, rather than actually trial the hacker.12 June 2020
Building Security into Software
Part 1 of a two-part series about securing machine learning.
12 June 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET research into Gamaredon's tricks – A flawed online voting platform – Massive hack-for-hire campaigns
The post Week in security with Tony Anscombe appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
12 June 2020
The Future Will Be Both Agile and Hardened
What COVID-19 has taught us about the digital revolution.12 June 2020
Stalkerware detection rates are improving across antivirus products
Between November 2019 and May 2020, Android and Windows antivirus software got better at detecting stalkerware.12 June 2020
FBI warns about fraudsters targeting banking app users
Watch out for attacks attempting to take advantage of the lockdown-induced surge in mobile banking use
The post FBI warns about fraudsters targeting banking app users appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
12 June 2020
Italian company exposed as a front for malware operations
Italian company CloudEyE is believed to have made more than $500,000 from selling its binary crypter to malware gangs.12 June 2020
Secure Your Home Wi-Fi Router
The most effective steps you can take to secure your wireless network at home is to change the default admin password, enable encryption and use a strong password for your wireless network.12 June 2020
Twitter bans 32k accounts pushing Chinese, Russian, and Turkish propaganda
All three networks targeted local users for the benefit of the ruling political party.11 June 2020