The biggest shopping season of the year is here, although the internet has fundamentally changed the way most of us approach it. Online retail has become the main way to buy Christmas presents or take advantage of a great deal, but there are serious risks associated with it. Many sites……
Columbia County deputies warn residents about phone scam | #phishing | #scams | #cybersecurity | #hacker
EVANS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – It’s the season of giving, and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office wants to ensure no one falls victim to phone scams. The agency warns residents that if they receive a call from someone stating they are in law enforcement and you have missed court or have……
Don’t Overlook Security When it Comes to your Email | #emailsecurity | #phishing | #ransomware | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Security might not be something that you think about too much when setting up a new email account. The average person can easily set up an account with one of the larger providers and not think twice about encryption or privacy. For anyone that’s a little more security-conscious, it’s important……
New Satcom Offers Secure Connection for Multirole Aircraft | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #hacker
New Satcom Offers Secure Connection for Multirole Aircraft C-130 Hercules Air Force photo DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Pentagon is ramping up its pursuit of military communications technology at the tactical edge. A new satcom system could help the services achieve uninterrupted information distribution, according to Honeywell executives. The……
Mobile Security Market: Merger and Acquisition Strategies | #microsoft | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Pune, India, Dec. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The global mobile security market size is likely to gain momentum by exhibiting a promising 14.6% CAGR between 2020 and 2027. This is ascribable to factors such as increasing adoption of advanced mobility solutions and increasing cyberattack incidents across the globe. Fortune……
DuckDuckGo is working on a privacy-focused desktop browser | #firefox | #chrome | #microsoftedge | #cybersecurity | #hacker
DuckDuckGo, the company best known for its privacy-focused search engine of the same name, is working on a desktop browser that should bring the same focus on avoiding being tracked to your entire web experience. In a post on its blog, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg offers a glimpse at what……
Our Views: Our critical digital infrastructure must be protected | Our Views | #cybersecurity | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Just in time for the holiday season, a bit more to worry about as one logs in and orders the goodies for good boys and girls of all ages: cybercrime. Living in a dramatically interconnected world, more so than even a few years ago, the vulnerabilities of computer networks are……
Accidents and Escalation in a Cyber Age | #government | #hacking | #cyberattack | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Sometimes wars, from small ones to big ones, start with accidents. In early American history, for example, accidents associated with good-faith errors and unauthorized acts of violence precipitated several conflicts between the United States and Native American groups. On a larger scale, Scott Sagan has argued that the 18th-century Seven……
New Exploit Lets Malware Attackers Bypass Patch for Critical Microsoft MSHTML Flaw | #microsoft | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #cybersecurity | #hacker
A short-lived phishing campaign has been observed taking advantage of a novel exploit that bypassed a patch put in place by Microsoft to fix a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the MSHTML component with the goal of delivering Formbook malware. “The attachments represent an escalation of the attacker’s abuse of……
Active Directory Bugs Could Let hackers Take Over Windows Domain Controllers | #microsoft | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #cybersecurity | #hacker
Microsoft is urging customers to patch two security vulnerabilities in Active Directory domain controllers that it addressed in November following the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) tool on December 12. The two vulnerabilities — tracked as CVE-2021-42278 and CVE-2021-42287 — have a severity rating of 7.5 out of a maximum……
