Month: January 2018

ScadaICSSchneider

Why Fit-for-Purpose Power Solutions are Required for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Nadia Cheraitia| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:03:05 +0000

Semiconductor manufacturing involves hundreds of steps. These take place on a variety of tools: saws, furnaces, photolithographic steppers, testers, and other specialized equipment. Some of this gear requires little electricity,… Read more »

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MalwareBytesSecurity

New Chrome and Firefox extensions block their removal to hijack browsers

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Two new extensions in Firefox and Chrome force install then hide from the user. Learn how you can protect yourself against them and remove them manually.

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ComputerWorldIndependent

More Windows patches, primarily previews, point to escalating problems this month

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 06:39:00 -0800

Never give a sucker an even break. Yesterday, on a very out-of-band Wednesday, Microsoft released preview patches for Windows 8.1 (but not 7!), Server 2012, and Windows 10 1709 (for bricked AMD machines only), with preview cumulative updates for Win10 1703 and 1607. There are also nine different .NET preview patches.

What should you do? Nothing. More accurately, make sure you DON’T install any of them. Fortunately, all of these patches require that you download and install them — and you’d have to be crazy (or an admin trying to shore up some critical servers) to dive into the cesspool.

It’s the same advice I’ve been giving all month. There’s nothing here that you need right now — there are no known exploits for Meltdown or Spectre in the wild, in particular — and machines are dropping like flies.

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FortinetSecurity

Executive Insights: If it is Not Seamless, It is Not Secure

Credit to Author: Michael Xie| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 13:45:59 +0000

As the number of connected devices on networks and subsequent threats increase at a rate that is practically immeasurable, many organizations are making the mistake of fighting fire with fire. They are meeting complexity with complexity — a moment-to-moment tactical response that reduces their cybersecurity to an inefficient collection of vendors, protocols and operating systems.

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