August 2019 – Page 12 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:58:53 +0000

Almost weekly now I hear from an indignant reader who suspects a data breach at a Web site they frequent that has just asked the reader to reset their password. Further investigation almost invariably reveals that the password reset demand was not the result of a breach but rather the site’s efforts to identify customers who are reusing passwords from other sites that have already been hacked. But ironically, many companies taking these proactive steps soon discover that their explanation as to why they’re doing it can get misinterpreted as more evidence of lax security. This post attempts to unravel what’s going on here.

ComputerWorld Independent

August 21, 2019 admin

How to avoid using RDP in Windows

Several new vulnerability disclosures in Windows Remote Desktop Protocol suggest it’s time to stop using it. Here’s how.

ComputerWorld Independent

August 20, 2019 admin

Safari to ape Firefox, go all-in on anti-tracking

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:53:00 -0700

The WebKit project – the open-source initiative that generates code for Apple’s Safari browser – quietly announced last week that it would follow in Mozilla’s footsteps and quash tracking technologies designed to follow users across the web.

In a short message on Aug. 14, the WebKit team pointed to its new Tracking Prevention Policy, a document that spells out its plans in detail, including what types of tracking it will create and how it will deal with any side effects.

“We have implemented or intend to implement technical protections in WebKit to prevent all tracking practices included in this policy,” the document read. “If we discover additional tracking techniques, we may expand this policy to include the new techniques and we may implement technical measures to prevent those techniques.”

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ScadaICS Schneider

August 20, 2019 admin

The Industry 4.0 Era is Driving the Need for Industrial Edge Data Centers

Credit to Author: Paolo Colombo| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:31:00 +0000

We are now well-entrenched in the Industry 4.0 era, or the 4th Industrial Revolution, and are seeing advancements in technology that will require increasingly greater computing power at the network… Read more »

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Security Wired

August 20, 2019 admin