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Smashing Security podcast #259: Techquilibrium and mediocre linguistic escapades
Wordle – good or bad for the world? Whatever your opinion, at least someone wants to spoil players’ fun. Meanwhile, we take a look at the threat mobile phones can pose to your mental health. All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans…
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Update now! Apple pushes out security patches for iPhone and Mac zero-day vulnerabilities
Apple has released urgent security updates for its customers, following the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities that can be used to hack into iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Read More
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Update now! Apple pushes out security patches for iPhone and Mac zero-day vulnerabilities
Apple has released urgent security updates for its customers, following the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities that can be used to hack into iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Read More
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Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Revealed
Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Revealed The National Security Agency has announced the winning entry to its ninth annual Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition. The winning paper was written by Yanyi Liu from Cornell University and Rafael Pass, professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech. It expounded a theorem that relates the existence of one-way functions (OWFs) to a measurement of the…
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Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Revealed
Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Revealed The National Security Agency has announced the winning entry to its ninth annual Best Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition. The winning paper was written by Yanyi Liu from Cornell University and Rafael Pass, professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech. It expounded a theorem that relates the existence of one-way functions (OWFs) to a measurement of the…
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EyeMed Fined $600k Over Data Breach
EyeMed Fined $600k Over Data Breach An Ohio-based healthcare provider has been fined $600k over a data breach that exposed the records of 2.1 million patients across America. Cyber-criminals targeted EyeMed Vision Care in June 2020. Attackers gained access to an EyeMed email account to which EyeMed clients sent sensitive consumer data relating to vision benefits enrollment and…
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EyeMed Fined $600k Over Data Breach
EyeMed Fined $600k Over Data Breach An Ohio-based healthcare provider has been fined $600k over a data breach that exposed the records of 2.1 million patients across America. Cyber-criminals targeted EyeMed Vision Care in June 2020. Attackers gained access to an EyeMed email account to which EyeMed clients sent sensitive consumer data relating to vision benefits enrollment and…
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#DataPrivacyWeek: Online Trackers Can Detect 80% of Users’ Browsing History
#DataPrivacyWeek: Online Trackers Can Detect 80% of Users’ Browsing History Online trackers can capture up to 80% of users’ browsing histories, with the practice far more pervasive than previously realized. This is according to Norton Labs’ quarterly Consumer Cyber Safety Pulse Report, which analyzed online advertising trackers from October to December 2021. It showed that consumers…
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#DataPrivacyWeek: Online Trackers Can Detect 80% of Users’ Browsing History
#DataPrivacyWeek: Online Trackers Can Detect 80% of Users’ Browsing History Online trackers can capture up to 80% of users’ browsing histories, with the practice far more pervasive than previously realized. This is according to Norton Labs’ quarterly Consumer Cyber Safety Pulse Report, which analyzed online advertising trackers from October to December 2021. It showed that consumers…
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New DeadBolt Ransomware Targets NAT Devices
There’s a new ransomware that targets NAT devices made by QNAP: The attacks started today, January 25th, with QNAP devices suddenly finding their files encrypted and file names appended with a .deadbolt file extension. Instead of creating ransom notes in each folder on the device, the QNAP device’s login page is hijacked to display a…