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Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the darknet website for the Snatch ransomware group was leaking data about its users and the crime gang’s internal operations. Today, we’ll take a closer look at the history of Snatch, its alleged founder, and their claims that everyone has confused them with a different, older ransomware group by… Continue reading A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

HomeSafety News Roundup: This Week’s Top Headlines By Rebecca Edwards Sep 30, 2023 4 min read SafeWise experts have years of firsthand experience testing the products we recommend. Learn how we test and review. We may earn money when you buy through our links. Need to Know from SafeWiseCalifornia passes landmark gun safety lawsVermont restricts… Continue reading Safety News Roundup: This Week’s Top Headlines

Heads-up, Apple-in-the-enterprise admins. One of the biggest annual events for Apple IT professionals, Jamf Nation User Conference, rolled around this week in Austin, TX.  Led by new CEO John Strosahl, the company offered up a range of announcements, improvements, and insights from third-party presenters, including Cisco CIO Fletcher Previn. Michael Covington, Jamf vice president of portfolio… Continue reading JNUC 2023: The top 5 changes JAMF unveiled

From Nature: Cephalopods such as octopuses and squid could soon receive the same legal protection as mice and monkeys do when they are used in research. On 7 September, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) asked for feedback on proposed guidelines that, for the first time in the United States, would require research projects… Continue reading Friday Squid Blogging: Protecting Cephalopods in Medical Research

HomeGun Violence: How Worried Are Americans? By Rebecca Edwards Sep 29, 2023 6 min read SafeWise experts have years of firsthand experience testing the products we recommend. Learn how we test and review. We may earn money when you buy through our links. California enacts landmark gun safety lawsCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed a groundbreaking… Continue reading Gun Violence: How Worried Are Americans?

HomeAmazon Prime Big Deals Days: Your Guide to the Best Deals By Alina Bradford Sep 28, 2023 2 min read SafeWise experts have years of firsthand experience testing the products we recommend. Learn how we test and review. We may earn money when you buy through our links. Mark your calendars. Amazon Prime Big Deal… Continue reading Amazon Prime Big Deals Days: Your Guide to the Best Deals

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the company has been engaging in a number of “interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power.” In the complaint, the FTC and 17 state attorneys general claim that Amazon’s actions have prevented its rivals and sellers from… Continue reading US FTC hits Amazon with antitrust lawsuit on e-commerce business

Both Apple and Google have recently reported critical vulnerabilities in their systems—iOS and Chrome, respectively—that are ultimately the result of the same vulnerability in the libwebp library: On Thursday, researchers from security firm Rezillion published evidence that they said made it “highly likely” both indeed stemmed from the same bug, specifically in libwebp, the code… Continue reading Critical Vulnerability in libwebp Library

The victim shaming site operated by the Snatch ransomware group is leaking data about its true online location and internal operations, as well as the Internet addresses of its visitors, KrebsOnSecurity has found. The leaked data suggest that Snatch is one of several ransomware groups using paid ads on Google.com to trick people into installing… Continue reading ‘Snatch’ Ransom Group Exposes Visitor IP Addresses

HomeCute but Deadly: Why Crib Bumpers Were Banned and Tips For Safe Sleep Practices By Rebecca Edwards Sep 27, 2023 3 min read SafeWise experts have years of firsthand experience testing the products we recommend. Learn how we test and review. We may earn money when you buy through our links. Need to Know from… Continue reading Cute but Deadly: Why Crib Bumpers Were Banned and Tips For Safe Sleep Practices