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2020-01-16 17:15:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
NY Fed Reveals Implications of Cyberattack on US Financial System

A "pre-mortem analysis" sheds light on the potential destruction of a cyberattack against major US banks.

2020-01-16 16:43:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
S2 Ep23: Snake ransomware, VPN holes and phone spying – Naked Security Podcast

New episode - listen now!

Podcast Cybersecurity Naked Security Podcast Ransomware Surveillance Vpn
2020-01-16 16:22:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
Smart Cars: Increasing Comfort — Reducing Security

By Uzair Amir

Owners of advanced cars are always the target for cybercriminals...

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News Hacking IoT Security
2020-01-16 16:05:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
PoC Exploits Published For Microsoft Crypto Bug

Two proof-of-concept exploits were publicly released for the major Microsoft crypto-spoofing vulnerability.

Vulnerabilities Web Security Crypto-spoofing Bug Exploit Microsoft Microsoft Bug NSA Patch Patch Tuesday Poc Poc Exploit Code Vulnerability
2020-01-16 15:42:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
A win for privacy? Google plans to scrap user-agent string in Chrome

Mozilla takes issue with proposed replacement, which the Firefox-maker says could still be used for fingerprinting

2020-01-16 14:40:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Jenkins flags vulnerable plugins in latest security advisory

Devs urged to keep their CI pipeline in order

2020-01-16 14:35:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
‘Fleeceware’ Apps Downloaded 600M Times from Google Play

New research shows apps that dupe users into being charged excessively with little reward persist on the Android app store.

Uncategorized Android Bad Apps Fleeceware Google Google Play Mobile Apps
2020-01-16 13:47:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Update now! Popular WordPress plugins have password bypass flaws

Researchers have discovered bad authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting two WordPress plugins which should be patched as soon as possible.

Security Threats Vulnerability InfiniteWP Client Password Bypass Password Security Plugins Security Flaw Vulnerability WebARX Wordpress Wordpress Plugins WP Time Capsule
2020-01-16 13:43:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it's not just dating apps that are doing it...

Amazon Android Facebook Google Mobile Privacy Twitter AdColony Ads Advertising App Privacy AppNexus AppsFlyer Behavioral Ad Industry Braze Bucksense California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA Clue Data Brokers Digital Marketing Bill Of Rights For Minors Drug Use Fluxloop Fysical GDPR GPS Data Grindr Happn LeanPlum Location Data Marketing Mobile Ad Platforms Mobile Ads Mobile Marketing Muslim: Qibla Finder Muslims My Talking Tom 2 MyDays Neura Norwegian Consumer Council OKCupid OpenX Perfect365 Pii Placer Places/Fouraquare Political Views Profiling PubNative Qibla Finder Receptiv Religious Preferences Safegraph Sexual Orientation Smaato Targeted Advertising Tinder Unacast Verve Vungle Wave Keyboard
2020-01-16 13:20:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Google to kill third-party Chrome cookies in two years

Google doesn't want to block third-party cookies in Chrome right now. It has promised to make them obsolete later, though. Wait - what?

Google Google Chrome Privacy Web Browsers Chrome Cookies Fingerprinting Privacy Sandbox Tracking Web Tracking

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