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Think Apple computers are still malware immune? This new attack proves otherwise

Tech Republic Security

A newly detected malware targeting macOS devices can steal passwords and capture iPhone backups. And it's coming from the same group believed to be responsible for the 2016 election hacks.

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Tech Companies That Missed the Mark in 2016

CTOvision

From Snapchat Spectacles to virtual reality, 2016 was a year of innovation and growth in the tech industry. Normally, Google is one of those companies that does very well with their pranks, but 2016 brought one that didn’t have many people laughing. Not even Apple was free from the tech company fray in 2016. Rick Delgado.

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How to Remove Malware Tips

Galido

Malware is an abbreviated term that stands for “malicious software.” What is Malware? There are various types of malware. Malware creation has become popular in recent times due to the the lure of money that can be made through organized Internet crime. Tips for Spotting Malware. How to Remove Malware.

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Anticipating Black Hat

Network World

Unfortunately, I was right about this one as ransomware has become a cybersecurity scourge of 2016. Nasty stuff and once you’re hit, there is little you can do except replace the hard drive, reimage systems and hope you’ve done a recent full backup. Virtual sandboxes can execute malware without impacting system resources.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

Rather than restoring from a backup the entire operating system, which gets you everything up until the moment of that last backup, then you still have to add in what’s missing. What if we could further evolve the basic operating system beyond just managing resources but also now mitigating any malware trying to make changes.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

In December, 2016, the lights went out in Kyiv, Ukraine. So the reality is that there was a team of criminal hackers, and like all intrusions, this attack didn’t just start in December 2016; it began months before it was executed. It was a masterful piece of malware, carefully crafted to achieve a specific goal.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

In 2016, Logan Lamb, a former Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher, found over 6 million voter registration files exposed on a state-sponsored server at Kennesaw State college in Georgia. He responsibly reported this to the Georgia Secretary of State, but the issue wasn’t really addressed until after the 2016 election.

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