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Viruses, Spyware, Malware, etc. Explained: Understanding Online Threats

Viruses, Spyware, Malware, etc. Explained: Understanding Online Threats | Education & Numérique | Scoop.it

"When you start to think about all the things that could go wrong when browsing the Internet, the web starts to look like a pretty scary place. Luckily, Internet users as a whole are getting far more savvy, and better at recognizing risky online behavior.

While pages with a dozen download buttons – or auto-checked boxes that tricked us into downloading things we didn’t want – are no longer quite as effective as they once were, that doesn’t mean there aren’t hackers out there right now trying to come up with new methods of deception. In order to protect ourselves from these threats it’s important to understand just what they are, and how they differ..."

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Threatwatch : Data Map of World Data Breaches

Threatwatch : Data Map of World Data Breaches | Education & Numérique | Scoop.it

"ThreatWatch is a snapshot of the data breaches hitting organizations and individuals, globally, on a daily basis.

It is not an authoritative list, since many compromises are never reported or even discovered."

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Critical Security Bug 'Heartbleed' Hits Up To 66 Percent Of The Internet

Critical Security Bug 'Heartbleed' Hits Up To 66 Percent Of The Internet | Education & Numérique | Scoop.it

"As much as 66 percent of the web may have been compromised by a newly revealed security flaw called Heartbleed.

So named by the researchers who discovered it, Heartbleed is a bug that affects an important Internet security protocol called SSL. Specifically, it affects one particular implementation of SSL called OpenSSL..."

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Article dans le Monde : Que sait-on de « Heartbleed », l'inquiétante faille de sécurité sur Internet ?

http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2014/04/09/une-enorme-faille-de-securite-dans-de-nombreux-sites-internet_4397995_651865.html?xtmc=heartbleed&xtcr=1

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