Citizen Lab report details how emails phished from journalist critical of Russia were falsified, then leaked for disinformation campaign; 200+ others targeted
Phishing to Propaganda Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News : Fancy Bear Hackers Tainted Dumped Emails with False Data Andy Greenberg / Wired : Security News This Week: Bug Bounties Pay But Piracy Doesn't T...
WhatsApp service restored after two-hour outage
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross platform mobile … Vincent Lanaria / Tech Times : Whenever WhatsApp Goes Down, The Internet Goes Crazy: Here Are The Reactions This Time Around Josh Levenson / TechnoBuffa...
At FBI's request, Spain arrests a visiting Russian, Peter Levashov, who infosec experts say is an e-mail spam kingpin known as Peter Severa
And His Massive Botnet Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested CNN : DOJ plans to disrupt global spam network after Russian hacker's arrest Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFee...
McAfee Report: Mac malware instances grew 744% in 2016 to 450K+, mostly from adware bundling, and IoT devices were used for the first time with Dyn
here's what to watch out for Juli Clover / MacRumors : Malware Attacks on Macs Up 744% in 2016, Mostly Due to Adware Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Mac Malware Attacks Explode 744% in 201...
Apple releases iOS 10.3 with Apple File System, Find My AirPods, CarPlay updates, ability for devs to reply to app reviews, iCloud Analytics opt-in option, more
here's what's new Lookout Blog : Mobile Safari scareware campaign thwarted Zach Epstein / BGR : Hidden changes in iOS 10.3 will give your iPhone a speed boost Neil Hughes / AppleInsider : Apple's CarP...
Google unveils “practical” SHA-1 collision using nine quintillion computations, releases two different PDFs with identical hashes, urges sunsetting of protocol
Here's Why That's Big For Web Security Steve Dent / Engadget : Google helps put aging SHA-1 encryption out to pasture Gordon Hunt / Silicon Republic : Is nowhere left secure? SHA-1 collision confirmed...
Facebook's Trending topics will show regional, not personalized, stories moving forward, publisher headline and name under each topic, more
Facebook has been blamed by many for its complicity … Roy Greenslade / The Guardian : Facebook is trying to tackle fake news, but what should we do? Breitbart Tech / Associated Press : Facebook Takes ...