Tag: security
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Car Privacy
With all the technology talk about AI over the past year, some of the weirdness in auto technology (and privacy) seems to have fallen by the wayside. Mercedes First, this Mercedes ad essentially brags about how much a father can learn about his daughter only from her car. While these features are marketed as “helpful”…
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Free Apps and Data Breaches
I’ve talked about the danger of “free” apps before. In short, while there are free apps that are great (primarily open-source software), most free apps are only free because the monetize their users in non-obvious ways. Often times this means having an ad platform (or multiple ad platforms) integrated into the app. Often times the…
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The Honey Browser Extension
The Honey browser extension – which offers to find you coupon codes for online retailers – is being accused of a massive scam that both fails to find the deals it promises for its users and hijacks affiliate revenue from online creators that depend on that revenue to support their content channels. A years-long investigation…
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Bing Now Trying to Trick Users
In what is surely going to be a short-lived “experiment”, Microsoft’s search engine Bing now tries to “disguise” itself as Google when users enter Google-related search terms within Bing. From The Verge: If you use Bing right now without signing into a Microsoft account and search for Google, you’ll get a page that looks an…
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LastPass: Revenge of the Breach
The LastPass breach – as bad as it was – looks like it’s reached worst-case. Now the vaults are (likely) being cracked.
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NSA Best Practices on Network Security
The need for basic network security has led the NSA to create a 9-page PDF with some of the best ways to protect your home (or work) network!
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WordFence: State of WordPress 2022
WordFence released its “2022 State of WordPress” report last month. Here’s what it says about the security of WordPress sites across the internet.
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The Last Chance for LastPass
The latest LastPass breach has caused me to look for other options – here’s why.
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PaaS Attacks Enable More Dangerous Phishing Emails
A new phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) provider will likely lead to a wave of more dangerous and effective phishing messages. Here’s what to know.
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Summer 2022: WordPress Security News
Major vulnerabilities in Ninja Forms, WP Bakery, and Download Manager, along with several “minor” vulnerabilities.