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30th March 2018

The state of ransomware reaches new heights and more news on Facebook | Avast

Atlanta suffers massive ransomware attack

26th March 2018

A week in security (March 19 – March 25)

Last week, we looked at the growing problem of smartphone addiction, how link rot is continually slicing down portions of the web, and the theft of our intellectual property. We also explored the landscape of DDoS problems, and tackled a Stephen Hawking 419 scam. Other news What can only really be described as “Scamception” (source: The Register) Mozilla calls time on Facebook advertising (source: Mozilla) City of Atlanta hit by Ransomware (source: 11Alive) Time for some Netflix and bug bounty (source: Netflix) Did someone forget to switch on their VPN? They most certainly did (source: Daily Beast) Hackers ‘led warplanes to Syrian hospital‘ (source: The Telegraph) Dropbox offer a helping hand to security researchers (source: Dropbox) Orbitz hit by data breach (source: SC Magazine) Top exfiltration and evasion techniques (source: Help Net Security) Tax software and phishing attacks (source: CNBC news) When China hoards its hackers everyone loses. (Source: Engadget) A 15-year-old securi..

24th March 2018

Tech companies wrestle with keeping users safe | Avast

Zuckerberg apologizes for Cambridge Analytica ‘breach’ Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg finally broke cover after nearly a week of silence as the fallout from the row over how a data company, Cambridge Analytica, was able to access the profiles of some 50m people who hadn’t consented to share their data with the company.

21st March 2018

Convenience vs. privacy: the Facebook situation | Avast

Everyone’s favorite social media site is currently the subject of hot debate, and we’re here to keep you grounded amidst the madness. First, let’s talk about what happened. Back in 2014, a quiz made the rounds on Facebook. 270,000 users took the quiz, which harvested data not just about them, but also their friends. As a result, the quiz aggregated the private info of 50 million Facebook users. All that data was then allegedly sold to the Trump presidential campaign.

19th March 2018

When information leaks | Avast

Weekly security roundup week of March 12th Samba admins urged to patch An important vulnerability that came to light this past week is one in the venerable Samba open-source networking stack – and if you’re a Samba admin, you need to update now.