Airport Surveillance, FBI Brain Drain, and More Security News This Week
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 13:00:00 +0000
A Chipotle scam, FBI brain drain, and more of the week’s top security news.
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Month: August 2018
Electronic Monitoring Isn’t a More Humane Form of Prison. Here’s Why.
Credit to Author: James Kilgore| Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000
Opinion: Electronic monitors violate people’s civil rights and carry unfair financial penalties.
Read MoreSelf-healing capabilities of smart grid solutions minimize blackouts
Credit to Author: Julio Cesar Martins| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:56:57 +0000
Until recently, electric utilities were heavily dependent on customers for notifications of an outage. Now, using smart grid solutions and self-healing capabilities, utilities can remotely monitor power equipment to: quickly… Read more »
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Read More3 Ways to Make Your Commercial Real Estate a Destination
Credit to Author: KIMBERLY TREMBLAY| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:15:46 +0000
Working on commercial real estate, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about buildings and what makes a commercial building attractive to tenants. To answer the question, I think we can… Read more »
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Read MoreCredit Card Issuer TCM Bank Leaked Applicant Data for 16 Months
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:48:53 +0000
TCM Bank, a company that helps more than 750 small and community U.S. banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who applied for cards between early March 2017 and mid-July 2018. TCM is a subsidiary of Washington, D.C.-based ICBA Bancard Inc., which helps community banks provide a credit card option to their customers using bank-branded cards.
Read MoreWindows updaters express frustrations. Microsoft responds.
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 08:56:00 -0700
No doubt you recall patching guru Susan Bradley’s open letter to Microsoft brass, summarizing the results of her Windows update survey. The results were quite damning in many ways, with complaints about the quality and frequency of patches topping the list.
Microsoft has responded to the open letter in a rather roundabout way. Two days after Computerworld posted the open letter, Bradley received an email that says:
Explained: What is big data?
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| In our explained series, we talk about the impact of big data on our society. What is it, who uses it, and for what purposes? Categories: Tags: apopheniabig breachesbig dataInternet of ThingsIoTpersonally identifiable informationPII |
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Read MoreThis Week in Security News: Facebook and Feds
Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:38:41 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Facebook’s chief security officer resigned as Facebook steps up its cybersecurity efforts. Also, Feds indicted three Ukrainians charged with stealing data on 15 million payment cards from…
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