Month: June 2019

ComputerWorldIndependent

WWDC: Get to know Apple’s 11+ new privacy tools

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 05:22:00 -0700

Apple introduced an array of additional privacy protections at WWDC 2019. Many of these both offer protection and help us better understand how our privacy is undermined.

Why does this matter?

Apple CEO Tim Cook is passionate about the need to protect user privacy and this is by no means a one man mission.

Speaking with Vector, Apple’s VP Software Technology, Bud Tribble stressed the need to educate people into the needs and benefits of privacy, a topic he believes is much more” widely discussed now than before.

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SecurityTrendMicro

This Week in Security News: Gray Alerts and Wormable Malware

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:05:10 +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, learn about the new wormable malware that’s dropping a Monero miner in web servers, networks and removable drivers. Also, read about the best ways for businesses to…

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SecuritySophos

La actualización de junio de Android corrige ocho vulnerabilidades críticas

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 08:12:24 +0000

Sin que la mayoría de usuarios lo sepan, se supone que los dispositivos que ejecutan versiones compatibles de Android, reciben pequeñas actualizaciones cada mes, principalmente de seguridad. Desafortunadamente, como señalamos en mayo, cuándo y si esto realmente sucede es una cuestión del interés que tenga el fabricante de cada dispositivo. Las actualizaciones para los teléfonos [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/6NrXjXGDA7E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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ComputerWorldIndependent

Mozilla makes anti-tracking the Firefox default

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:43:00 -0700

Mozilla this week began to switch on an aggressive anti-tracking technology in Firefox that it has touted since 2015.

With a June 4 update to Firefox 67, Mozilla turned on Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) by default for new users. Existing customers simply updating their browsers may enable ETP themselves. The default-of-on will be extended to those users “in the coming months,” Mozilla said, apparently activating it in stages as a last-step quality control.

Mozilla also used the update to Firefox 67.0.1 to trumpet other privacy- and security-centric enhancements, including an add-on that brings its Lockwise password manager to the desktop browser and an improved Facebook Container, an extension designed to keep the social network behemoth from tracking users elsewhere on the web.

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ScadaICSSchneider

The Reality of Augmented Reality: a view from Austmine 2019

Credit to Author: Greg Johnson| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:09:21 +0000

Austmine 2019, the biennial conference of Austmine, the leading industry body for the Australian Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector, was held last week (May 21-23, 2019) in my… Read more »

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ScadaICSSchneider

Are your current maintenance practices draining profits?

Credit to Author: Sophie Borgne| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:36:02 +0000

How Maintenance Excellence can reduce downtime, overall maintenance costs and worker stress while boosting plant efficiency In recent blog posts I’ve explored how Asset Performance can affect your plant’s economic… Read more »

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