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Experts finally cracked the laptop of the crypto CEO who died with sole access to $137 million. But the money was already gone. | Markets Insider

Wow,.....

markets.businessinsider.com Millions of dollars were missing when the CEO of a crypto exchange died without sharing the passwords to his accounts. Investigators recently cracked his l...

AT&T Will Kick Internet Users Offline for Piracy

Wow....

motherboard.vice.com But critics say losing access to an essential utility is a problematic over-reaction to copyright infringement.

Rapidly Growing Router Botnet Takes Advantage of 5-Year-Old Flaw

Another David find

threatpost.com A sophisticated proxy code has infected hundreds of thousands of devices already.

Hackers can compromise your network just by sending a Fax

Another David find:

thehackernews.com Hackers Can Compromise Your Entire Networks Just By Sending A Fax Message

New Bluetooth Hack Affects Millions of Devices from Major Vendors

Update and patch your devices please.....

thehackernews.com Researchers discover a new Bluetooth hack (CVE-2018-5383) that could allow hackers to steal data going over the air between devices, or inject malware.

NPR

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a search warrant in order to get access to cellphone location information.

US government finds new malware from North Korea

David find....

engadget.com There's more malware from North Korea to look out for.

Hacking

Microsoft require your antivirus provider to certify compatibility for future Windows updates.

InfoSec

Well you may have been there and did not know it!

- Traffic for Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech giants routed through Russia

Netflix subscribers targeted by scam email

Be careful - more email scams afoot. Good advice if someone like Netflix, Hulu or anyone else sends you an email asking for updated information - DO NOT click on a link in that message, but instead visit their site directly and look a section called my account. Click on that and if they legitimately need updated info, you would be prompted there that updated info is required.

ew.com An email scam passing as a Netflix notification has been targeting subscribers of the streaming service. The “suspension notification” looks similar in design and format to other Netfli…

Google Search Results Exploited to Distribute Zeus Panda Banking Trojan

David find

hackread.com Until now, we believed that to advertise and promote your business or brand, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) was the best possible solution. Similarly, us

This malware turns itself into ransomware if you try to remove it

Another David find

hackread.com IT security researchers at SfyLabs have discovered an Android banking malware called LokiBot that converts itself into a fully fledged ransomware once the

Bad Rabbit: New Ransomware Attack Rapidly Spreading Across Europe

Another David find

thehackernews.com New Bad Rabbit Ransomware Attack Is Rapidly Spreading Across Europe, Primarily in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and German.

Hackers infect Mac users with Proton malware using Elmedia Player

Be careful!

hackread.com The general concept regarding Apple devices is that they are secure from growing number of malware and other cyber attacks, but the reality is far from the

R.I.P. AIM, 1997-2017

America Online Instant Messaging ends its 20 year run in December.

washingtonpost.com An Internet era will end December 15 when AIM, the instant messaging program started in 1997 by AOL, will sign off permanently.

FormBook—Cheap Password Stealing Malware Used In Targeted Attacks

Another David find

thehackernews.com Data And Password Stealing Malware, FormBook, Used in Targeted Attacks Against United States, Thailand, South Korea and India.

Every single Yahoo account was hacked - 3 billion in all

OUCH!!!

money.cnn.com Every single Yahoo account that existed in August 2013 was affected by an epic hack.

Disguised as Citrix Utility, Kedi RAT Exploits Gmail to Transfer Data

Look out what you click on as always. Another David find...

hackread.com A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) is one of the most used malicious software used by cyber criminals to target unsuspecting users. Based on its extensive use th

Equifax says data breach may have exposed personal info of 143 million consumers

Oh my.....Being listed as perhaps the worse data breach in history....Thank you David for the add...

clark.com Massive breach of credit reporting agency Equifax potentially exposes personal information of 143 million U.S. consumers. Here’s what you need to know!

New Ransomware Email Scam Using FBI and IRS as Bait

David find:

hackread.com Email scams have become so common nowadays that every other day there's a new one. The only difference is the way scammers try create genuine looking email