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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700

This pilot fish builds a lot of Linux systems that have to be compliant with U.S. Department of Defense/Defense Information Systems Agency STIG security requirements, but he tries to lessen the pain by assigning root passwords that are secure but easily remembered. Naturally, he sends them to the owner via encrypted email.

When the Nvidia driver in one of those machines gets corrupted after the system goes down hard in a power outage, fish needs root access to reinstall the driver. Unfortunately, the user of that machine (who, just incidentally, had ignored the warnings about that planned power outage) has no recollection of the root password, and he can’t get it from his email. Why? He has uninstalled all his old encryption certs, so older encrypted emails can no longer be decrypted.

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Kaspersky Security

October 25, 2019 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 115

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:49:06 +0000

On this podcast, Dave and Jeff take a look at the week’s top cybersecurity news including voice apps turning home assistants into phishing devices, Pixel’s face unlock issue, the Air Force retiring some old tech, and more.

Independent Krebs

October 24, 2019 admin

Cachet Financial Reeling from MyPayrollHR Fraud

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:50:44 +0000

When NY based cloud payroll provider MyPayrollHR unexpectedly shuttered its doors last month and disappeared with $26 million worth of customer payroll deposits, its payments processor Cachet Financial Services ended up funding the bank accounts of MyPayrollHR client company employees anyway, graciously eating a $26 million loss which it is now suing to recover.

ScadaICS Schneider

October 24, 2019 admin

451 Research Expert Addresses Opportunities and Challenges in Colocation Data Center Market

Credit to Author: Greg Jones| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The colocation data center market demand is strong for the foreseeable future, but providers face resource and capacity challenges in regards to trends like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things… Read more »

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ScadaICS Schneider

October 24, 2019 admin

Making buildings efficient, engaging, and future-ready

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:46:25 +0000

This blog post is part of a series from Innovation Summit Barcelona 2019, a two-day event that brings together more than 3,500 industry professionals, solution experts, and IoT leaders to… Read more »

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ScadaICS Schneider

October 24, 2019 admin

How to Regulate IoT Cybersecurity

Credit to Author: Trevor Rudolph| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:19:51 +0000

Today, I have the honor of speaking on IoT security policy at the annual CyberNextDC conference organized by the Cybersecurity Coalition. As the number of connected devices grows and these… Read more »

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Magazine Security VirusBulletin

October 24, 2019 admin

VB tests the web security products that play an important role in fending off web-based threats

The web continues to be a major infection vector for malware and credential-stealing threats. In the VBWeb tests, we measure products’ ability to block such threats and certify products that perform a good job at doing so.