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Amer Owaida • 04 Feb 2021 • 2 min. read
Digital Security
Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero-days last year
Social Media
Facebook etiquette: Behaviors you should avoid
COVID-19
Identity theft spikes amid pandemic
Google: Better patching could have prevented 1 in 4 zero-days last year
Vendors should fix the root cause of a vulnerability, rather than block just one path to triggering it, says Google
Amer Owaida • 04 Feb 2021
Sharing your thoughts or photos for the world to see is now as easy as pushing a button, but even a seemingly harmless post may come back to haunt you
The US Federal Trade Commission received 1.4 million reports of identity theft last year, double the number from 2019
Amer Owaida • 03 Feb 2021
Kids Online
Data Privacy Day: Top tips for safe remote learning
As schools and students continue to contend with the very real cyber-risks of virtual classrooms, we share some advice for protecting children’s data and privacy
Amer Owaida • 28 Jan 2021
Mobile Security
Apple patches three iOS zero-days under attack
The company emits emergency updates to fix bugs affecting devices ranging from iPhones to Apple Watches
Amer Owaida • 27 Jan 2021
Wormable Android malware spreads via WhatsApp messages
“Download This application and Win Mobile Phone”, reads the message attempting to trick users into downloading a fake Huawei app
Amer Owaida • 26 Jan 2021
Scams
Smishing: What it is and why we fall for these scams so easily
Here’s how to spot scams where criminals use deceptive text messages to hook and reel in their marks
Jake Moore • 22 Jan 2021
DNSpooq bugs expose millions of devices to DNS cache poisoning
Security flaws in a widely used DNS software package could allow attackers to send users to malicious websites or to remotely hijack their devices
Amer Owaida • 20 Jan 2021
FBI warns of voice phishing attacks stealing corporate credentials
Criminals coax employees into handing over their access credentials and use the login data to burrow deep into corporate networks
Amer Owaida • 19 Jan 2021