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Norton 360 Cryptominer, Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters, Facebook Account Deactivation

Security Boulevard

Norton 360, a popular antivirus product, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers, some cities in Texas have been hit with a phishing scam designed to get users to pay through fraudulent QR code stickers on public parking meters, and how Facebook is still collecting data about you even if you deactivate […].

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MY TAKE: 3 privacy and security habits each individual has a responsibility to embrace

The Last Watchdog

Why we’re in the ‘Golden Age’ of cyber espionageThe fact is cyber criminals are expert at refining and carrying out phishing, malvertising and other tried-and-true ruses that gain them access to a targeted victim’s Internet-connected computing device. Related: Long run damage of 35-day government shutdown.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

I seem to be doing most of that activity now on Mastodon , which appears to have absorbed most of the infosec refugees from Twitter, and in any case is proving to be a far more useful, civil and constructive place to post such things. For a variety of reasons, I will no longer be sharing these updates on Twitter.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee.

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3 Essential Measures to Mitigate the Risk from Follina — A New Windows Zero-Day Actively Exploited in the Wild

CyberSecurity Insiders

Last week the infosec community was hit with news about a new Windows 0-day vulnerability, Follina. Educate your users about sophisticated phishing emails. Finely tuned spam filters that prevent phishing emails from reaching user mailboxes. Mike Walters, President and Co-founder of Action1.

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Why Human Input Is Still Vital to Cybersecurity Tech

SecureWorld News

It was once the case that cybersecurity technology consisted of little more than a firewall and antivirus software. Yes, these advances have meant huge changes for the way that InfoSec operates, there are still many things that can only be managed with human input. Well, it's not quite as simple as that.

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

eSecurity Planet

While these solutions (such as [Microsoft365]) offer a level of protection and capabilities (antivirus, anti-spam, archiving, etc.), The use of deepfake techniques in fraudulent activities… will elevate the sophistication of phishing fraud, making it increasingly challenging for users to distinguish between legitimate services and scams.”