15 matches found
Clearview AI banned from selling facial recognition data in the US
Clearview AI, a facial recognition software and surveillance company, is permanently banned from selling its faceprint database within the United States. The company also cannot sell its database to state and law enforcement entities in Illinois for five years. This is a historic win for the...
Verify Your Valentine
This Valentine’s Day, before you go looking for love in all the wrong chat rooms, CISA reminds users to be wary of internet romance scams. At first, cyber criminals promise the reward of romance after adopting an alias to appear as a potential partner. Once your heart is hooked on hope, they turn...
Phishing Trends Position ISPs to Protect Subscribers
Akamai just released the 2019 State of the Internet SOTI security report: Phishing - Baiting the Hook featuring findings from the enterprise and carrier research teams. They've been collaborating for two years to develop better methods for evaluating massive volumes of anonymized, live-streamed D...
Protect Against Romance Scams
The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released a short video to help users spot and defend against romance scams. In this type of fraud, cyber criminals gain the confidence of their victims and trick them into sending money. The video includes stories that romance scammers tell to online daters to...
FTC Warns of Online Dating Scams
The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an article addressing scams targeting online daters. In this type of fraud, cyber criminals target victims, gain their confidence, and trick them into sending money. To stay safer online, review the FTC article on Online Dating Scams and the...
FBI Releases Article on Romance Scams
The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI has released an article addressing the rise of Internet romance scams. In this common type of fraud, cyber criminals target victims, gain their confidence, and trick them into sending money. To stay safer online, review the FBI article on Romance Scams and...
The OAuth 2.0 Protocol improper use leads to billions of APP account can be remotely hijacking-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net
Foreword Chinese University of Hong Kong the three-digit security researcher Ronghai Yang, Wing Cheong Lau And Tianyu Liu found an extremely dangerous security risk, more than 1 0 million of the mobile APP including the Android version and iOS version are in the user is completely unaware of the...
Hackers targeting non-browser applications with Fake SSL Certificates
Having SSL Certification doesn't mean that the website you are visiting is not a bogus website. SSL certificates protect web users in two ways, it encrypts sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, or credit card numbers and also verify the identity of websites. But today hackers and...
U.S. Department of Defense Officials are potential target of cyber espionage via social networking sites
In the recent months I had the opportunity to conduct an interesting study on the use of Social Media in the Military Sector, large diffusion of media platforms makes them very attractive for governments and intelligence agencies. Social media platforms reveal enormous potentiality that could be...
India orders Net firms to censor themselves
India orders Net firms to censor themselves Some of the world's top websites will have to purge themselves of all content that is offensive to Indians by February 6. The companies must update their progress on the effort within two weeks, a court in New Delhi ordered on Saturday, the reports say...
'Spear phishing' latest ploy to steal data !
Consumers wary about protecting data stored on their computers should get used to hearing the term "spear phishing." It's the latest and most ingenious method yet to deliver malicious software that gives criminals control of a person's computer, with a tactic that involves developing emails which...
Inside a Banker Trojan
The attackers behind the raft of banker Trojans emanating from Brazil these days are continuing to refine their craft and learn new tricks. Their latest efforts have seen them going to greater lengths than ever to obfuscate their creations and hide their true functionality in order to evade...
Facebook Administrator Groups Hijacked
As of this morning, an anonymous group hijacked more than 200 Facebook groups and renamed them “Control Your Info”. Pasted on each group’s Wall was a message announcing that it had been “hijacked” and reminding members to be careful about controlling personal information on social networking site...
IT staffs pressured to relax Web security
From SearchSecurity.com Rob Westervelt IT managers are under pressure from the top executives in their organizations to relax their policies on Web security in order to make users more productive. A new survey of more than 1,000 IT managers found that sales and marketing personnel also are leanin...
