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2018-12-20 17:18:00 UTC
HackRead
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New email extortion scam warns “Pay $4,000 or a hitman is coming for you”

By Carolina

In a new extortion scam, a cybercriminal is sending threatening emails to unsuspecting users asking them to pay a whopping $4,000 in Bitcoin or wait to be executed by a hitman. The email extortion scam surfaced on the Internet a few days ago and is currently arriving in victim’s inbox with the subject line “Pretty significant […]

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2018-12-20 17:10:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Hackers Bypass Gmail, Yahoo 2FA at Scale

A new Amnesty International report explains how cyberattackers are phishing second-factor authentication codes sent via SMS.

2018-12-20 15:24:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person

The intimate recordings paint a detailed picture of a man's life.

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2018-12-20 14:32:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Facebook Admits Giving Partners Access to Messages

A Facebook partnership with Netflix, Dropbox, Spotify, and Royal Bank of Canada gave them access to messages.

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2018-12-20 14:30:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Microsoft IE Zero Day Gets Emergency Patch

Microsoft issued an out-of-band patch for a zero day bug in its Internet Explorer browser.

Hacks Vulnerabilities Browser Google Google Threat Analysis Group Internet Explorer Microsoft Zero Day RCE Scripting Engine Zero Day
2018-12-20 13:47:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
‘It’s our mission to bring a secure internet to everyone, everywhere’

ProtonMail CEO and founder Andy Yen looks back on a year of continued growth for the encrypted email service

2018-12-20 12:23:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Microsoft issues emergency patch for Internet Explorer RCE bug

Critical vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

2018-12-20 09:19:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Latest NIST project aims to secure ‘telehealth’ ecosystem

Agency to create practical guidance for high-growth remote patient monitoring sector

2018-12-20 00:22:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Facebook’s Rough History of Failed User Revolts

What will ultimately be the driving force for Facebook to value data privacy?

Facebook Privacy Uncategorized Amazon Data Data Misuse Data Privacy
2018-12-20 00:10:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
NASA suffers data breach – Staff’s personal data stolen

By Waqas

Another day, another data breach – This time, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suffered a data breach in which personal data of the agency’s employees have been stolen. In a notification obtained by SpaceRef, the data breach was identified on October 23rd, 2018. The initial analysis revealed that unknown hackers may have […]

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