Security News > 2019 > January

Facebooker swatted, Kaspersky snares an NSA thief, NASA server exposed, and more
2019-01-12 10:30

Plus, Vita boot ROM caper, TCL caught slinging Android malware, etc Roundup This week we saw a Huawei official cuffed (again), telcos caught selling tracking data (again) and Microsoft patching...

Ep. 014 – Rickrolls, Acrobat and zombie hands [PODCAST]
2019-01-12 01:10

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!

*taps on glass* Hellooo, IRS? Anyone in? Anyone guarding taxpayers' data from crooks? Hellooo?
2019-01-12 00:04

Could someone slide a note on identity-theft protection under the door? Helloooo? With the partial US government shutdown showing no signs of letting up any time soon, senators are pressing...

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile US pledge, again, to not sell your location to shady geezers. Sorry, we don't believe them
2019-01-11 22:58

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again, OK US cellphone networks have promised – again – that they will stop selling records of their subscribers' whereabouts to...

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile US pledge, again, to not sell you location to shady geezers. Sorry, we don't believe them
2019-01-11 22:58

Fool me once, some on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again, OK US cellphone networks have promised – again – that they will stop selling records of their subscribers' whereabouts to...

Good data in, good data out: How innovation in technology has evolved
2019-01-11 22:04

Xerox's CISO Alissa Abdullah discusses how innovation in technology and security has changed throughout her career.

Pre-Installed Android App Impacts Millions with Slew of Malicious Activity
2019-01-11 21:58

The app was developed by legitimate Chinese manufacturing giant TCL.

A Fraud-Fighting Strategy for P2P Payments
2019-01-11 21:33

Customer lifecyle data management can play an important role in cracking down on fraud tied to the growth in real-time P2P payments, says David Barnhardt of the security firm GIACT.

Phishers Use Zero-Width Spaces to Bypass Office 365 Protections
2019-01-11 21:03

A recently addressed vulnerability in Office 365 allowed attackers to bypass existing phishing protections and deliver malicious messages to victims’ inboxes.  read more

Friday Squid Blogging: New Giant Squid Video
2019-01-11 20:48

This is a fantastic video of a young giant squid named Heck swimming around Toyama Bay near Tokyo. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I...