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Apple is learning why shortcut security is a bad idea

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0800

When Apple launched its enterprise developer certificate program — which helps enterprises make their homegrown apps for employee use-only available through iTunes — it had to make a difficult convenience-vs.-security decision: how much hassle to put IT managers through to get their internal apps posted. It chose convenience and, well, you can guess what happened.

Media reports say pirate developers used the enterprise program to improperly distribute tweaked versions of popular apps — including Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go and Minecraft — while others used the platform to distribute porn apps along with real-money gambling apps. And all the bad guys had to do was lie to Apple reps about being associated with legitimate businesses. Apple didn’t bother to investigate or otherwise verify the answers.

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Sophisticated phishing: a roundup of noteworthy campaigns

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments cybercrime, font file phishing, google translate phishing, phishing, phishing kit, phishing template, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:21:40 +0000

A phishing page that hides behind a translation service. A kit that uses fake font files. A hyper-realistic campaign that could likely fool even the pros. We look at these noteworthy phishing attempts and more to show how far phishers have evolved, and remind users to remain vigilant against this threat.

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ScadaICS Schneider

Connecting to peace of mind: residential EV charging

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments electric cars, Electric Vehicle, Electric Vehicle charging, EV, EV charging

Credit to Author: Manish Pant| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 20:04:43 +0000

Things are revving up for the electric vehicle industry with the help EV charging. According to Inside EVs, sales of new electric cars worldwide surpassed two million units for the… Read more »

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Security Wired

ATM Hacking Has Gotten So Easy, the Malware’s a Game

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments Security

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:12:51 +0000

A strain of ATM malware called WinPot turns the act of cashing out into something like a slot machine.

MalwareBytes Security

Good bots, bad bots: friend or foe?

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments 101, ad fraud, AI, bad bots, bidding bot, bots, Business, chat bots, mindless bots, snipers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Bots are an endless source of debate online, but all we ever hear about are the bad ones. In this post, we look at some examples you’ve probably already run into, and explain why one person’s good bot is another organization’s bad one.

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Security TrendMicro

A Game of Risk with Broadcasters, Cyber Felons and Dragons

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, cyberattacks, cybercrime, Mediacorp, Security, server security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:21:50 +0000

Submitted by Steve Ng, Lead, Digital Platform Operations, Mediacorp Where there’s money, there has always been crime. But what if money came in the form of intangible digital assets and crime in the form of cyber adversaries? In fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, dragons are intelligent, mythical foes defined by their fiery prowess – boasting…

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Kaspersky Security

Cybercrime is focusing on accountants

February 20, 2019 admin 0 Comments Business, finance, phishing, SMB, trojans

Credit to Author: Pavel Shoshin| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:00:43 +0000

We detect a spike in activity from Trojans targeting mostly accountants who work in small and midsize businesses.

ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft delays Windows 7's update-signing deadline to July

February 19, 2019 admin 0 Comments microsoft, Security, windows

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:03:00 -0800

Microsoft has revised its schedule to dump support for an outdated cryptographic hash standard by postponing the deadline for Windows 7.

Microsoft, like other software vendors, digitally “signs” updates before they are distributed via the Internet. SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1), which debuted in 1995, was declared insecure a decade later, but it was retained for backward-compatibility reasons, primarily for Windows 7. Microsoft wants to ditch SHA-1 and rely only on the more-secure SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm 2).

Late last year, Microsoft said that it would update Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Service Pack 1) this month with support for SHA-2. Systems running those operating systems would not receive the usual monthly security updates after April’s collection, slated for release April 9, Microsoft promised at the time.

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On a meaningful mission in Cambodia

February 19, 2019 admin 0 Comments career, CSR, empowered, energy and sustainability, inclusive, Life @ Schneider Blog, meanigful, Sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable energy, volunteer

Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:00:51 +0000

Joan is Global VP for Executive Recruitment at Schneider Electric, partnering with business and HR leaders to deliver end to end exec recruiting talent solutions. In below blog article she… Read more »

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Security Wired

Russian Hackers Go From Foothold to Full-On Breach in 19 Minutes

February 19, 2019 admin 0 Comments Security

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:00:00 +0000

A new ranking of nation-state hacker speed puts Russia on top by a span of hours.

Security Sophos

Sophos CTO Joe Levy elected onto Cyber Threat Alliance Board of Directors

February 19, 2019 admin 0 Comments Corporate, Cyber Threat Alliance, Joe Levy

Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:24:54 +0000

We’re really pleased to announce that our CTO Joe Levy has been elected onto the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) Board of Directors. We caught up with Joe to discuss what the CTA does, and what the appointment means to him and Sophos. Congratulations, Joe! First of all, can you talk us through what the CTA […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/zhk9LrBmGQg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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