MedicalConspiracies- Fw: Ads on Yahoo Infect Users With Malware; CryptoLocker Morphs to Spread Over USB Drives; The Latest Mobile Threats; And More

On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:20 AM, PCMag.com Security Watch <SecurityWatchWatch@enews.pcmag.com> wrote:

Security Watch January 8, 2014   View Online | Manage Subscription | Follow Us TOP STORIES Bad Ads on Yahoo Infected Thousands of Users With Malware Thousands of users who visited Yahoo's Web site over the past week were infected with malware, researchers have found. The malware was delivered via malicious advertisements that appeared on the site. Share This: New Year's Resolutions for Better Personal Security Happy New Year from Security Watch! While drafting my list of New Year's resolutions, I realized this was the perfect opportunity to adopt new habits to improve my security hygiene. In 2014, I resolve to take better care of my identity, my data, and my devices. Share This: CryptoLocker Morphs to Spread Over USB Drives Researchers have discovered a new variant of the CryptoLocker ransomware which could potentially infect even more users than the original version. Share This: The Pirate Bay Plans a Censor-Free Torrent-Based Internet Whatever else you may say about The Pirate Bay, you can't deny that it's an interesting organization. They're latest is something truly remarkable; a torrent-based parallel Internet that can't be blocked or censored. Share This: Does Facebook Reveal All? We've heard it all before; be careful about what you post on social networks, don't share your real birthday online, blah, blah, blah. You roll your eyes, nod, and say that your privacy settings are all good, but do you actually know what pops up when strangers search you? Share This: Murder By Internet Still On Track For 2014 Last Year, security company Internet IDentity (IID) made the bold claim that the Internet would literally kill you by 2014, pointing to the oft-cited concerns over medical equipment--like pacemakers--that can be controlled remotely. Their latest report says that we're still on track for some serious technological doom and gloom by year's end, but I'd argue that it's already begun Share This: Mobile Threat Monday: Android Coupons App Leaks Your Personal Information To Everyone We've looked at several apps for Android that gather, to paraphrase John Hodgman, more information than they require. We've also looked at several apps that handle that information badly, allowing it to be easily extracted or intercepted. This week, Appthority shows us an app that does both, and also transmits your information to any other server it contacts. Share This: Questions, comments, tips about potential viruses, worms, vulnerabilities? Send them here: pcmsecuritywatch@ziffdavis.com FEATURED OFFERS AWARD-WINNING TECH now on sale! Apple TV  |  Streaming MSRP: $99.99 |  $94.99 + Free Shipping  SteelSeries Apex  |  Gaming MSRP: $129 |  $99.99 + Free Shipping  Wii Fit U (for Wii U)  |  Gaming MSRP: $59.99 |  $59.99 + Free Shipping  Bose SoundLink Mini  |  Speakers MSRP: $199.99 |  $199 iPad Air  |  Tablets MSRP: $499 |  $499 CyberLink PowerDirector 12  |  Video Editing MSRP: $99.99 |  $79.99 SOS Online Backup - $7.49/mo  |  Online Backup MSRP: $9.99 |  $7.49 eNewsletter Information You are subscribed to PCMag.com's Security Watch with the email address cfv_butte@yahoo.com. Click here to unsubscribe from this newsletter. To subscribe to other e-mail newsletters from Ziff Davis, change your delivery format from HTML to text, or change your email address, click here. Copyright ©2014 Ziff Davis, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis, Inc., 28 East 28th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016