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If you're traveling soon, make sure you use your own charging plug and cable at public charging stations.

Don’t use public phone charging stations: FBI The FBI is warning people to not use public phone charging stations, which have become increasingly popular in places like airports and shopping malls. The problem is that hackers have found a way …

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-free-antivirus-mac

Best free antivirus for Mac in 2018 Yes, your Mac needs antivirus, but it doesn't have to cost a penny

https://www.wired.com/story/atlanta-spent-26m-recover-from-ransomware-scare/

Atlanta Spent $2.6M to Recover From a $52,000 Ransomware Scare Whether to pay ransomware is a complicated—and costly—calculation.

More security news about Facebook.

This malware targets Facebook log-in details, infects over 45,000 in just days | ZDNet StressPaint malware is "developed professionally" and could be be harvesting accounts for anything from credential selling and identity theft, to malvertising and propaganda campaigns, warn researchers.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3239047/apple-mac/what-to-do-about-apples-shameful-mac-security-flaw.html

What to do about Apple’s shameful Mac security flaw Someone at Apple seriously dropped the ball and put an unforgivable security flaw inside macOS High Sierra. This is what you need to do to fix it.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kz3xyz/detroit-mesh-network

Ignored By Big Telecom, Detroit's Marginalized Communities Are Building Their Own Internet 40 percent of Detroit residents don't have any access to internet at all.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-hackers-scanned-networks-world-wide-for-secret-u-s-data-1507743874

Russia Has Turned Kaspersky Software Into Tool for Spying The Russian government used a popular antivirus software to secretly search computers around the world for classified U.S. government documents and top-secret information, according to current and former U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/massive-equifax-breach-caused-by-failure-to-patch-two-month-old-bug/

Failure to patch two-month-old bug led to massive Equifax breach Critical Apache Struts bug was fixed in March. In May, it bit ~143 million US consumers.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-kasperskylab-best-buy/best-buy-stops-sale-of-russia-based-kaspersky-products-idUSKCN1BJ2M4

Best Buy stops sale of Russia-based Kaspersky products Best Buy Co, the No.1 U.S. electronics retailer, is pulling Kaspersky Lab's cyber security products from its shelves and website, amid concerns that the Moscow-based firm may be vulnerable to Russian government influence.

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https://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/

Cybersecurity Incident & Important Consumer Information | Equifax September 7, 2017 — Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files. Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized a...

https://www.cnet.com/news/update-now-google-drive-dies-next-march-backup-and-sync/

Get ready to update, because Google Drive dies next March Your choices: update now or update later.