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The late 1990s was a simpler time for Google. The nascent company was merely a search engine, and Gmail, Android and YouTube were but glimmers in the startup’s eye. Google’s first privacy policy reflected that simplicity. It was short and earnest, a quaint artifact of a different time in Silicon Valley, when Google offered 600…
The web is distributed, but it’s also interconnected. It needs to be so that data can move around worldwide without all being controlled by a single entity. So every time you load a website or send an email, BGP is the system responsible for optimizing the route that data takes across these sprawling, intertwined networks.…
A typical phishing email impersonates a well-known contact or trusted company to induce the recipient to click on an embedded link, with the ultimate goal of credential or credit card harvesting. During Q1 2019, FireEye saw these type of attacks increase by 17% over the prior quarter. The top spoofed brands across these activities included…
Quick Heal published a blog post analysing various targeted emails being used to deliver a remote access Trojan to victims. Specifically utilising Excel file attachment. Learn more here.
On Thursday, researchers from threat intelligence firm Mimecast are disclosing findings that an Excel feature called Power Query can be manipulated to facilitate established Office 365 system attacks. Read the full Wired article here.
IBM X-Force reports: BleepingComputer published an article on a new phishing scam attempting to trick users into providing their Outlook Web App credentials. The body of the email claims that there are various messages that require user approval before delivering. Each email entry is accompanied by a link to release, whitelist, or deny the associated…
Take a step back and think about the trail of data you leave behind in our digital world. Full story from Wired.
‘Deep Voice’ software can clone anyone’s voice with just 3.7 seconds of audio. More on the story from Vice.
In the latest round of patches and fixes, Microsoft release a patch for the operating system it officially put to bed 5 years ago. More from Wired
It’s a sad fact that criminal activity on today’s Internet has become the major factor for any business. It is also a sad fact that whilst many companies invest heavily in security products and policies these efforts are largely ineffectual. Why? Because all the fancy gadgets and security protocols are often implemented by the least…
