May 2018 – Page 3 – Computer Security Articles

Researchers discover vulnerabilities in smart assistants’ voice commands

May 30, 2018 admin Amazon, cybercrime, google, hacking, Internet of Things, IoT, smart assistant, smart speaker, virtual personal assistant, voice assistant, voice masquerading, voice squatting, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 16:59:51 +0000

Security researchers have now found new ways to exploit voice recognition weaknesses in your favorite home device: smart assistants. You may want to listen in.

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Tags: amazon Google Internet of Things IoT smart assistant smart speaker virtual personal assistant voice assistant voice masquerading voice squatting vulnerability

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Experiment: How easy is it to spy on a smartwatch wearer?

May 30, 2018 admin cyberphysical devices, fitness trackers, IoT, privacy, research, smartwatch, Special Projects, SURVEILLANCE, Threats

Credit to Author: Sergey Lurye| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 15:37:23 +0000

We investigate intercepting smartwatch motion-sensor data to monitor people and steal information.

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The Cybersecurity Future Summit

May 30, 2018 admin balkanization, Business, cybersecurity, fragmentation, transparency, webinar

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 13:45:09 +0000

An online summit with industry leaders on the future of cybersecurity.

Kaspersky Security

2018 Soccer World Cup safety tips

May 30, 2018 admin FIFA, phishing, Threats, Tips, World Cup

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 13:00:57 +0000

How to avoid getting phished or otherwise duped on the eve of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

ComputerWorld Independent

How to use Apple’s Messages in iCloud for iOS, Mac

May 30, 2018 admin iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 05:30:00 -0700

Along with key HomePod improvements, Apple also introduced Messages in iCloud with iOS 11.4. It’s a useful feature designed to store your Messages and attachments in iCloud, but enterprise users should think twice before enabling it.

Security is everything

I’m not saying iCloud is not secure – so long as you use a six-or more digit passcode or (better, but more awkward) an alphanumeric passcode, it’s highly secure. I’m reasonably confident a strong password, Apple’s own systems and its insistence you use two-factor authentication is enough for most of us.

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Stop rolling your eyes at machine learning

May 30, 2018 admin Enduser, Intercept X, IX2, machine learning

Credit to Author: Seth Geftic| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 12:43:07 +0000

It’s time to get enthusiastic about machine learning.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/rtmnwywg4zE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

Microsoft Patch Alert: Major bugs introduced in May fixed, plenty of problems remain

May 30, 2018 admin Security, windows

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 03:49:00 -0700

Once more we have a monthly Windows/Office patch scorecard that needs a guidebook. Or two. And we just got a handful of buried warnings about problems in old patches, plus a brand new way to fry your network interface card.

Thus continues the tradition of two cumulative updates per month for all of the supported Windows 10 versions – that’s eight cumulative updates in total – in addition to bobs and weaves and a very long list of acknowledged bugs introduced by recent security patches in Windows 7.

Conflicts with Remote Desktop

The strange behavior of the CredSSP update – where the Patch Tuesday fixes for all versions of Windows seemed to break Remote Desktop Protocol with a strange error message: “This could be due to CredSSP encryption oracle remediation” has been resolved.

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Backdoors : le FBI a admis avoir exagéré le nombre d’équipements impossibles à cracker

May 29, 2018 admin Protection de la vie privée

Credit to Author: Sophos France| Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 17:00:54 +0000

Les enquêteurs ne peuvent pas entrer dans 7775 appareils, selon le directeur du FBI Christopher Wray qui est en faveur des backdoors chiffrées. Mais récemment, le FBI est finalement passé aux aveux. En effet, The Washington Post a rapporté que le FBI a admis que le chiffre de 7 800 avait été “grossièrement gonflé” !<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/kInkg8if6T4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>