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LATEST SECURITY NEWS
The threat of email borne attacks is greater than ever with malware volumes increasing drastically. One of the most common, and difficult to detect, email threats comes in the form of phishing and spear-phishing emails.
Historically, phishing attacks targeted end-users with attackers going after credentials to financial accounts. But modern phishing attacks have evolved toward targeting sensitive corporate data as evidenced by the high profile data breaches targeted at diverse organizations including RSA Security, the United States government and others.
Facebook is set to announce new security features today that will let people set passwords for third-party apps and get help from friends when they can't get into their account.
When hackers hijack accounts, the first thing they typically do is change passwords so legitimate account holders can't get back in. Instead of going through the rigamarole of verifying that you are the legitimate account owner, Facebook will now let friends vouch for you.
"It's sort of similar to giving a house key to your friends when you go on vacation--pick the friends you most trust in case you need their help in the future," the company said in a blog post due to go live today. CNET has seen an advance copy.
Similarly, Facebook is bulking up security for in-system apps. Your Facebook login already generally allows you to access your Facebook apps, but in some cases you may prefer to use an unrelated and/or unique password for particular apps. And now you can.
To use App Passwords, click on Account Settings, then select Security Tab and the "App Passwords" section. "You can generate a password that you won't need to remember, just enter it along with your email when logging into an application," the company said in a statement.
MALWARE LOVES ANDROID
Android has a new stalker: malware, and it's put a bull's-eye on Google's mobile operating system, according to a new McAfee report.
Users need to be alert to SMS-subscribing, money-making trojans (not for you, unfortunately), malicious apps, data-stealing invaders of all varieties, including those that try to infiltrate through system databases and those that surreptitiously record phone calls.
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