Russian APT Fancy Bear may have compromised federal agency

An unnamed U.S. federal agency has been breached, according to a recent report by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and third-party analysts now believe that Fancy Bear, the notorious Russian Advanced Persistent Threat (AP…

Gone phishing: workplace email security in five steps

David Mitchell, Senior Director of Email Product Management at Sophos, shares his top tips to optimize workplace email security.

Is mobile sensor data the future of tracking?

In this short article, we’ll introduce you to this emerging phenomenon, tell you how it works, and offer some thoughts about the future of privacy. The post Is mobile sensor data the future of tracking? appeared first on SecureMac.

Naked Security Live – Stay on top of phishing scams

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

If you connect it, protect it

Last week, we said that "Friends don't let friends get scammed." They don't let themselves get scammed, either!

Serious Security: Phishing without links – when phishers bring along their own web pages

How do you "check the URL before you click" if the web page you're visiting is already on your own computer?

#BeCyberSmart – why friends don’t let friends get scammed

Friends don't let friends get scammed. Because cybercrime hurts us all.

Who Is Tracking You? – Intego Mac Podcast Episode 155

Apple's Safari web browser has a new feature that prevents trackers from profiling you; we discuss how this works to protect you on the Mac and on iOS. We also talk about the new Series 6 Apple watch, and the solo loop band. And we take a detour to …

Checklist 200: TikTok, TV, and Time for a Checklist

On this week’s Checklist, we discuss a rapidly changing App Store story, we talk about streaming services and privacy, and we show you how to keep your wits in a cybersecurity emergency. This week’s Checklist covers: App bans … on hold?Is Hulu watch…

Review: Apple Watch Series 6 & Solo Loop Band

This year, there's an Apple Watch for every budget, with new colors and bands to spruce up your wrist. The post Review: Apple Watch Series 6 & Solo Loop Band appeared first on The Mac Security Blog.

REvil ransomware crew dangles $1,000,000 cybercrime carrot

When a company pays a multimillion dollar ransomware blackmail demand, where do you think the money goes?

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

Blast from the past! Windows XP source code allegedly leaked online

Windows XP source code! Fair game to take a peek, or best to look away?

SMS phishing scam pretends to be Apple “chatbot” – don’t fall for it!

If you got someone else's "free offer" in what looked like a misdirected message, would you take a peek?

TikTok and WeChat bans on hold for now

With the United States threatening to make good on its promise to pull them from U.S. app marketplaces, popular apps TikTok and WeChat are granted a last-minute stay of execution. The post TikTok and WeChat bans on hold for now appeared first on Sec…

Naked Security Live – “The Zerologon hole: are you at risk?”

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

A real-life Maze ransomware attack – “If at first you don’t succeed…”

The crooks wanted $15,000,000. They didn't get it. Huzzah!

Zerologon – hacking Windows servers with a bunch of zeros

Cryptography is hard. And cryptographic blunders can be hard to spot. This one was there for years...

Naked Security Live – “Should you worry about your wallpaper?”

Naked Security Live - here's the recorded version of our latest video. Enjoy.

Serious Security: Hacking Windows passwords via your wallpaper

Themes and wallpapers - how dangerous can they really be?

Fake web alerts – how to spot and stop them

How do you spot and deal with fake system alerts on both computers and mobile devices?