Important Security Updates Avira Antivirus: Avira has released version 15.0.37.326 of its free Antivirus. Updates are available from Avira’s website. Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 68.0.3440.106. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google’s website. LastPass for Windows: LastPass (freeware) has released version 4.16.2 for its Free Password Manager. Updates are available from LastPass’ […]
Cybersecurity News of the Week, August 12, 2018
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Facial Recognition Tool That Tracks People Across Social Media Now Available to Hackers: Open-source tool Social Mapper can help white hat hackers keep up with the black hats, but also has the potential to create more of the latter. Futurism, August 9, 2018 Cyber Warning #BlackHat2018: PayPal, Square vulnerabilities impact […]
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, August 5, 2018
Important Security Updates Dashlane: Dashlane has released version 6.0.2. Updates are available from Dashlane’s website. Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 54.4.90 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. [See Citadel’s warning below] Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 68.0.3440.84. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google’s website. LastPass for Windows: […]
Cybersecurity News of the Week, August 5, 2018
Individuals at Risk Cyber Defense Senior citizens can take charge against identity theft: Criminals often steal personal-identity information because it’s worth money across the internet. Newsday, August 3, 2018 Cyber Warning IoT security warning: Your hacked devices are being used for cyber crime says FBI: Vulnerable devices like routers and webcams are providing an easy […]
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, July 29, 2018
Important Security Updates Google Chrome: Google has released Google Chrome version 68.0.3440.75. Updates are available from within the browser or from Google’s website. LastPass for Windows: LastPass (freeware) has released version 4.16.0 for its Free Password Manager. Updates are available from LastPass’ website. Piriform CCleaner: Piriform has released version 5.45.6611 for CCleaner. Updates are available from Piriform’s […]
Cybersecurity News of the Week, July 29, 2018
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Amazon face recognition AI falsely identifies 28 members of Congress as criminals: Amazon’s face recognition AI incorrectly matched 28 members of Congress with criminal mugshots, according to an ACLU blog post on Thursday. Using Amazon’s Rekognition software—the exact same facial recognition system offered to the public—the ACLU conducted the experiment […]
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, July 22, 2018
Important Security Updates Avast: Avast has released version 18.5.2342 for Free Antivirus. Updates are available on Avast’s website. Dashlane: Dashlane has released version 5.15.0.23881. Updates are available from Dashlane’s website. LastPass for Windows: LastPass (freeware) has released version 4.1.58 for its Free Password Manager. Updates are available from LastPass’ website. Microsoft Update: Microsoft releases 27 more […]
Cybersecurity News of the Week, July 22, 2018
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Hundreds of thousands of voter records exposed on misconfigured server, researcher says: Yet another misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket has exposed the sensitive information of unsuspecting people. CyberScoop, July 18, 2018 Identity Theft Human Resources Firm ComplyRight Breached: Cloud-based human resources company ComplyRight said this week that a security breach of […]
Weekend Vulnerability and Patch Report, July 15, 2018
Important Security Updates Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 30.0.0.134. Updates are available from Adobe’s website. Adobe Reader: Adobe has released version 2018.011.20055. Updates are available through the program’s Help menu/Check for Updates or from Adobe’s website. There is also an update for Acrobat. Apple iTunes: Apple has released version 12.8 (64-bit and 32-bit) of iTunes. Updates are available […]
Cybersecurity News of the Week, July 15, 2018
Individuals at Risk Cyber Privacy Think You’ve Got Nothing to Hide? Think Again — Why Data Privacy Affects Us All: We all hear about privacy, but do we really understand what this means? According to privacy law expert Robert B. Standler, privacy is “the expectation that confidential personal information disclosed in a private place will […]
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