September 2018 – Page 10 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 04:59:06 +0000

U.S. energy forecasting agency projects that, despite gains in energy efficiency, global population growth and other drivers will cause energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to keep rising. Many experts… Read more »

The post IoT for Power Distribution: Taking Reliability and Efficiency to New Levels appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

Security Wired

September 20, 2018 admin

How the HTC Exodus Blockchain Phone Plans to Secure Your Cryptocurrency

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:30:00 +0000

HTC starts filling in the details of its so-called blockchain smartphone, expected to launch later this year.

MalwareBytes Security

September 20, 2018 admin

Mass WordPress compromises redirect to tech support scams

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:42:47 +0000

Thousands of WordPress sites have been injected with the same malicious redirection. We review the infection details and the malicious traffic leading to browser lockers.

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Tags: bitcoin Bitcoin Code browlock Indicators of compromise injections JavaScript tech support scams TSS wordpress Zues

MalwareBytes Security

September 20, 2018 admin

6 sure signs someone is phishing you—besides email

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Beyond the medium used to reach you (which is most often email), what are some of the common signs and behaviors of phishing? Conversations that focus on the inbox only leave users with an inadequate understanding of how to protect against this ubiquitous threat.

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Tags: iOS phishing phishing phishing scam smishing sms phishing Social Engineering vishing

Microsoft Security

September 20, 2018 admin

Get deeper into security at Microsoft Ignite 2018

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:30 +0000

This year at Ignite, Microsoft announces exciting innovations in identity management, information protection, threat protection, security management, and more.

The post Get deeper into security at Microsoft Ignite 2018 appeared first on Microsoft Secure.

Kaspersky Security

September 20, 2018 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 55

Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:20:27 +0000

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, a pair of animals making tech news, adult gaming on Steam, and Amazon deleting reviews.

Kaspersky Security

September 20, 2018 admin

Industrial networks in need of RAT control

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:53:54 +0000

Remote Administration Tools in ICS environment are an additional risk factor, and not necessarily a justified one.

ComputerWorld Independent

September 20, 2018 admin

Microsoft Patch Alert: Despite weird timing, September’s Windows and Office patches look good

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:40:00 -0700

As we near the end of patching’s “C Week” (which is to say, the week that contains the third Tuesday of the month), there are no show-stopping bugs in the Windows and Office patches and just a few gotchas. As long as you avoid Microsoft’s patches for Intel’s Meltdown/Spectre bugs, you should be in good shape.

Why a Patch Monday?

On Sept. 17, Microsoft released two very-out-of-band cumulative updates for Windows 10:

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