Welcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: This week we focus on the difficult challenge ahead of public software libraries and scripts that thousands of companies and developers are trusting. It makes sense. Open source developers make a useful javascript library available…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: In 2022, I’ll have more of a focus on one key story for my TWINN each Monday. The feature story today is around SIM swapping. It’s an attack vector that is not addressed with zero…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: Hackers target crypto wallets through Telegram using Echelon malware. We regularly see Telegram as more than a messenger now. It is more like a user-friendly darkweb technology. It is too powerful for criminals to ignore,…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: Patch fixing critical Log4J 0-day has its own vulnerability that’s under exploit. Oh boy. This log4j problem will be with us for a while. It’s what cyber criminals consider that gift that will keep on…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: The Log4Shell 0-day, four days on: What is it, and how bad is it really? Yes it really is so bad that it will likely ruin many people’s holidays. I hate to have to say this,…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: Still paying for antivirus software? Experts say you probably don’t need it. For example, Windows comes with Defender as part of its operating system. However, endpoint protection that goes beyond traditional antivirus functions still has…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: GoDaddy data breach impacts 1.2 million WordPress site owners. What a way to start out your week, I know! The worst part of this story is that victims will have a difficult time to find…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: How Cellphone Data Collected for Advertising Landed at U.S. Government Agencies. For seven years we’ve been on a mission to resist third party advertiser networks from reaching the computers and devices of people we care…
DetailsWelcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: Even though last week we started seeing some overall good trends, it seems we’ve lost those positive trends by threats larger than ever before: MediaMarkt hit by Hive ransomware, initial $240 million ransom. While they…
DetailsFrom: David Redekop <[email protected]>Sent: lunes, 8 de noviembre de 2021 11:23To: [email protected]: NEWS YOU CAN USE! — GOOD NEWS DETAILS BELOW — Welcome to this week in NerdNews (TWINN). Your weekly top 5 technical and security issues Nerds should pay attention to: House approves massive infrastructure plan that includes $1.9 billion for cybersecurity. This is good news insomuch as…
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