April 2018 – Page 26 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:56:35 +0000

Some network communication protocol vulnerabilities have been known for more than a decade and still aren’t fixed. Now they’re being exploited.

Security Wired

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How to Check If Cambridge Analytica Could Access Your Facebook Data

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:20:21 +0000

Facebook has released a tool that lets you see if you were caught up in the Cambridge Analytica fiasco—and what other apps know about you know.

Security Wired

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Twitter Bots Post Two-Thirds of Links to Popular Sites on the Platform

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:00:00 +0000

A new study from Pew Research shows that the bulk of links on Twitter don’t come from actual humans.

ComputerWorld Independent

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Watch out for continuing bugs: Turn off Windows Update, temporarily

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:30:00 -0700

March Windows patches were a mess. With the revelation of Total Meltdown, we recently discovered that all of this year’s Win7 patches left gaping security holes. It’s fair to say that the initial Patch Tuesday patches for almost every version of Windows, for every month this year, have had confirmed bugs. Every one.

If you want to help test this month’s Windows and Office patches, hey, I salute you! Most folks, though, would be well advised to turn off Automatic Update and wait for the initial wave of devastation to pass.

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Microsoft Security

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Security baselines should underpin efforts to manage cybersecurity risk across sectors

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:00:28 +0000

This post is authored byAngela McKay, Director of Cybersecurity Policy and Amanda Craig, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist, CELA. Organizations are leveraging technology to transform their operations, products, and services, and governments are increasingly focusing on how to enable such dynamic change while also managing risks to their critical infrastructure, economies, and societies. Across sectors and regions,