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Posted in Security

The most successful cyber attack method is triggered by victims themselves

Posted on 2022-11-032022-10-28 by Sommet

The nasty thing with social engineering is that the victim falls for a scam, and ultimately helps cyber criminals to achieve their goal. Typically they want to break into a large computer system or simply access the victim’s bank account. … Read the story...

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Posted in Books, Security

We are doomed: cyber arms race affects our daily life and work

Posted on 2021-03-102021-03-07 by Ari

The book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race is both fabulously entertaining and scary to read. The author, The New York Times journalist Nicole Perlroth, spent seven years researching and talking to hackers, … Read the story...

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WordPress security settings for beginners (without having to know technical details)

Posted on 2019-09-222019-09-07 by Sommet

WordPress is the world’s most popular software for building web sites and for publishing on the internet. This fact makes it the number one target for hackers. Every self-hosted WordPress admin, even if only running a simple blog, should take … Read the story...

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A large botnet consisting of hacked WordPress servers is a steady business for shady entrepreneurs

Posted on 2019-07-072019-07-06 by Ari

The world’s most popular content management system WordPress is also the world’s most popular target for hackers. Creative hackers have established profitable businesses whose costs are paid by others.

Enterprising hackers have created a new online business that costs them … Read the story...

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Security tips for remote workers, digital nomads and freelancers who travel and require 24/7 internet access

Posted on 2019-06-072021-08-26 by Ari

Professionals who work and travel appreciate the moment when they get access to a Wi-Fi router with fast internet access. Security experts have warned us for years not to connect to random Wi-Fi hotspots, especially, if the communication isn’t encrypted. … Read the story...

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Posted in Security, Technology

90 percent of hacked web sites were powered by WordPress

Posted on 2019-03-102020-09-16 by Ari

WordPress is so popular software package for online publications, e-commerce, business sites, blogs, and all types of web sites that it has the major problem that comes with success: hackers. Sucuri, a business specialized in web site security, analyzed infected … Read the story...

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Cryptocurrency hackers earned $20M with 51-percent attacks in 2018

Posted on 2018-10-232018-10-24 by Lucento

From: The Next Web

Powerful attacks on blockchains are increasing. So far this year, hackers have executed a minimum of five separate 51-percent attacks on cryptocurrency projects, with profits amounting to almost $20 million. This represents an annual success rate … Read the story...

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Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:22:58 +0000

#Google #Chrome's #Privacy Sandbox is neither private – preventing one from being observed – nor a sandbox – an environment in which code can be executed in isolation. Rather it's a suite of advertising, analytics, anti-spam, and anti-tracking technologies. The goal for some of these is to replace third-party cookies. #adtech
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Sat, 30 Sep 2023 06:14:27 +0000

Should we be worried about the data our vehicles are constantly transmitting to manufacturers, and in some cases to other organizations? Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included research ranked #cars as the worst product category they have ever reviewed for privacy. Yes, we should be concerned about our #privacy and what cybercriminals can do with our sensitive data when they manage hack into databases that store the data. #security
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Fri, 29 Sep 2023 06:53:03 +0000

New #email #phishing method: By using zero font, #hackers can type in text that will show up in the email list, but not in the email itself. In this instance, they used “Scanned and secured by Isc®Advanced Threat protection (APT),” trying to make the recipient think the email message was scanned by an endpoint security solution and was deemed clean.
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Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:56:24 +0000

Hackers are taking over large amounts of social media accounts. Users whose #Facebook or #Instagram accounts have been compromised can’t access them. They often lose years worth of posts and photos, and if they’ve connected their account to any payment methods, they could lose money too. And sometimes, it’s not entirely clear how #Meta, Facebook’s parent company, could put a stop to this.
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Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:22:01 +0000

#EU to Tim Cook: "The next job for #Apple and other Big Tech, under the #DMA is to open up its gates to competitors," he said. "Be it the electronic wallet, browsers or app stores, consumers using an Apple iPhone should be able to benefit from competitive services by a range of providers. #bigtech
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Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:19:27 +0000

#Tiktok video channel #Booktok becoming more popular than #Booktube: The fact that a Chinese company owns one of the most important platforms for young people’s free expression in the West—and a critical route for recommendations of #books, paginated symbols of free thinking—is a plot twist fit for fiction.
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Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:30:41 +0000

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Sun, 24 Sep 2023 06:47:01 +0000

Recently, method to steal #Airbnb accounts discovered ( Read the story ) In a recent report, researchers at Akamai revealed that the #Booking.com attack goes beyond compromising the hotel or booking service and extends to targeting the customers themselves. By using a direct and trusted communication channel, the cybercriminals send phishing messages disguised as legitimate requests from the compromised entity. #security
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