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Ex-NSA Hacker Creates Security App to Protect Your Mac from “Evil Maid” Attacks

An ex-NSA hacker has created a security app for Apple’s macOS operating system that promises to protect your Mac from so-called “evil maid” attacks. The app is called Do Not Disturb (DND), and it’s both free and open-source. It is one of those apps that do …
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This Ex-NSA Hacker’s App Protects Your Mac From ‘Evil Maid’ Attacks

Less than an hour into a Tinder date in a Moscow restaurant last year, Patrick Wardle began to wonder about the laptop he’d left in his hotel room. Wardle had come to the city for a security conference; as a former NSA staffer who’d worked on the elite …
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DoubleLocker ransomware: Evil offspring of dangerous Android … – TechGenix (blog)


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DoubleLocker ransomware: Evil offspring of dangerous Android …
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In July, researchers noticed a new banking Trojan virus that was attacking Android devices. Dubbed Android.BankBot.211.origin, the main method of distribution …

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Smashing Security podcast #043: Backups – a necessary evil?

Smashing Security podcast #043: Backups - a necessary evil?

When did you last backup your data? How and what should you backup? And where should you store them?

All is revealed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by special guest Maria Vamarzis.

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