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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. Internet and email fraud. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 2003. Ever present threats. Identity-theft.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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NY Charges First American Financial for Massive Data Leak

Krebs on Security

had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. The documents were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp.

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Researcher found US ‘No Fly List’ on an unsecured server

Security Affairs

No Fly List exposed on the Internet, the sensitive data were hosted on a server run by US airline CommuteAir. CommuteAir confirmed the data leak and the authenticity of the no fly list, it added that the unsecured server was part of a testing environment. A researcher discovered a U.S. Researchers Maia Arson Crimew discovered a U.S.

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NSA urges Windows Users and admins to Patch BlueKeep flaw

Security Affairs

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. Enable Network Level Authentication.

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Microsoft warns for the second time of applying BlueKeep patch

Security Affairs

Microsoft has released patches for Windows 7, Server 2008, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 and Server 2008 users can prevent unauthenticated attacks by enabling Network Level Authentication (NLA), and the threat can also be mitigated by blocking TCP port 3389. Many more within corporate networks may also be vulnerable.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2019 patch 93 bugs, including 2 dangerous wormable issues

Security Affairs

The list of flaws addressed by the tech giant doesn’t include zero-days or publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, 29 issues were rated as ‘Critical’ and affect Microsoft’s Edge and Internet Explorer web browsers, Windows, Outlook and Office. This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction.”