Apple customers are prime targets for cyberattacks as they are more likely to have a high disposable income, a security expert has suggested.
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My video, My first video, Private video: Don’t fall for this Facebook scam
My video, My first video, Private video: Don’t fall for this Facebook scam, which is infecting accounts around the world with a very high rate of success.
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Qbot returns: New strain of data-stealing malware detected
Security researchers have detected a new, updated strain of the data-stealing trojan Qbot that is “harder to detect and intercept”.
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Medical data breach leads to a record cash settlement
California hospital pays the largest sum per plaintiff in history for its inability to secure the patients’ medical data.
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FDIC suffers ‘inadvertent’ data breach affecting 44,000 customers
The personal information of 44,000 FDIC customers has been breached by a former employee, who left the agency carrying the data on a personal storage device.
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And how do you protect your webcam?
Recently, FBI director James Comey revealed that he covers his webcam with tape to protect his privacy. It begs the question: How do you protect your webcam?
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The security review: Locky, Mumblehard takedown and Facebook scams
Welcome to this week’s security review, which includes an in-depth look at how the ransomware dubbed Locky is infiltrating computer systems.
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Windows XP: The zombie OS ‘lives’ on
Despite the fact that there haven’t been any security updates or patches rolled out for Windows XP – with some industrial solutions being the exception – the system still runs on almost every tenth computer worldwide.
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50 million Turkish citizens could be exposed in massive data breach
More than half of the Turkish population could have their personal details exposed in a massive new data breach.
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Mumblehard takedown ends army of Linux servers from spamming
One year after the release of the technical analysis of the Mumblehard Linux botnet, it is no longer active. ESET, in collaboration with the Cyber Police of Ukraine and CyS Centrum LLC, have taken down the botnet, stopping its spamming activities.
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