Cybersecurity News
New Report Spotlights Changes in Phishing Techniques
Common and evolving strategies include the use of zero-font attacks, homograph attacks, and new tactics for fake attachments.15 January 2020
More than 600 million users installed Android 'fleeceware' apps from the Play Store
A new set of 25 Android apps caught illegally charging users at the end of a trial period.15 January 2020
ISACs Join Forces to Secure the Travel Industry
Together, the Travel & Hospitality ISAC and the Retail & Hospitality ISAC intend to improve communications and collaboration about the evolving threat landscape.15 January 2020
Trump Slams Apple for Refusing to Unlock Suspected Shooter’s iPhones
Legal battle pitting Feds against the tech giant over data privacy and device security in criminal cases seems inevitable.
15 January 2020
Google to end support for third‑party cookies in Chrome
The company will also soon launch anti-fingerprinting measures aimed at detecting and mitigating covert tracking and workarounds
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15 January 2020
Google to end support for third‑party cookies in Chrome
The company will also soon launch anti-fingerprinting measures aimed at detecting and mitigating covert tracking and workarounds
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15 January 2020
How SD-WAN Helps Achieve Data Security and Threat Protection
Enterprises currently consider the technology a best practice because of its flexibility, scalability, performance, and agility.15 January 2020
Facebook to notify users of third-party app logins
Facebook rolls out improved security notifications for logins with Facebook accounts on third-party apps and websites.15 January 2020
P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed
The Australian bank says a cyberattack took place during a server upgrade.15 January 2020
Oski Data-Stealing Malware Emerges to Target North America, China
The malware is new and in the early stages of its development -- but packs a sophisticated punch.
15 January 2020
You can now use an iPhone as a security key for Google accounts
All iPhones running iOS 10 or later can now be used as hardware security keys for Google accounts.15 January 2020
Critical bugs in WordPress plugins InfiniteWP, WP Time Capsule expose 320,000 websites to attack
If you use these plugins you should update immediately as firewall protection will not work.15 January 2020
Adobe’s first 2020 security patch update fixes code execution vulnerabilities
This month’s security round is small but resolves some important bugs.15 January 2020
Go With Passphrases
Passphrases are the strongest type of passwords and the easiest to remember. Simply use an entire sentence for your password, such as "What time is coffee?" By using spaces and punctuation, you create a long password that is hard to guess but easy to remember.15 January 2020
Patch Tuesday, January 2020 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to plug 50 security holes in various flavors of Windows and related software. The patch batch includes a fix for a flaw in Windows 10 and server equivalents of this operating system that prompted an unprecedented public warning from the U.S. National Security Agency. This month also marks the end of mainstream support for Windows 7, a still broadly-used operating system that will no longer be supplied with security updates.14 January 2020
Oracle Ties Previous All-Time Patch High with January Updates
The software giant patched 300+ bugs in its quarterly update.
14 January 2020
Microsoft Patches Windows Vuln Discovered by the NSA
The National Security Agency is publicly acknowledged for its finding and reporting of CVE-2020-0601, marking the start of what it says is a new approach to security.14 January 2020
Cloud Adoption & Technology Change Create Gaps in Enterprise Security
Many companies are struggling to get a handle on risk exposure because of visibility issues, Radware survey shows.14 January 2020
Microsoft patches severe Windows flaw after tip‑off from NSA
The US intelligence agency expects attackers to waste no time in developing tools aimed at exploiting the vulnerability
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14 January 2020
Microsoft patches severe Windows flaw after tip‑off from NSA
The US intelligence agency expects attackers to waste no time in developing tools aimed at exploiting the vulnerability
The post Microsoft patches severe Windows flaw after tip‑off from NSA appeared first on WeLiveSecurity
14 January 2020