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Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0000

A potentially erroneous report from Bloomberg claimed that Chinese spies were able to infiltrate US hardware supplier Supermicro, and therefore, our technology supply chain. Learn how this unverified story could ultimately come true—and what, if anything, can be done to stop it.

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Kaspersky Security

October 10, 2018 admin

No, your account on Facebook was not hacked

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:31:57 +0000

The “another friend request from you” hoax on Facebook is gaining traction. Don’t fall for it.

ComputerWorld Independent

October 10, 2018 admin

Why Apple must be looking into using blockchain

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:23:00 -0700

Everyone who can is looking into using Blockchain and Apple is no exception, though it will be a long time before we see any consumer-facing implementations of this.

Apple looks at lots of technologies

If it’s on the Gartner Hype Cycle you can bet a few bucks Apple is looking at it.

That’s why I think it will eventually introduce a 3D printer that works in conjunction with ARKit (unverified prediction), and also why it must be thinking about how to use blockchain.

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Kaspersky Security

October 10, 2018 admin

Zero-day vulnerability in Windows captured by our technologies

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:12:49 +0000

The Microsoft Windows vulnerability CVE-2018-8453, which was used in several attacks this summer, was detected proactively.

ComputerWorld Independent

October 10, 2018 admin

What the heck is it with Windows updates?

Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 03:00:00 -0700

To help make life better for you, my loyal readers, I suffer by running Windows 7 and 10 on two harmless — never hurt anyone in their lives — PCs. Well, I did. But, in the last week I ran into not one, but two, showstopper update bugs.

First, on Windows 10, I was one of those “lucky” people who had files vaporize when I “updated” to Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809). Because I only use Windows for trivial tasks, I didn’t lose anything valuable when the patch decided to erase everything in the My Documents folder.

Somehow, I think most Windows users use Windows for more important work than I do. I hope you have current backups. At least Computerworld’s Woody Leonhard has some good news: You can get those deleted files back.

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Independent Krebs

October 9, 2018 admin

Naming & Shaming Web Polluters: Xiongmai

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:41:56 +0000

What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras.

Independent Securiteam

October 9, 2018 admin

SSD Advisory – Firefox Information Leak

Credit to Author: SSD / Ori Nimron| Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:55:15 +0000

Vulnerabilities Summary A vulnerability where the JavaScript JIT compiler inlines Array.prototype.push with multiple arguments that results in the stack pointer being off by 8 bytes after a bailout. This leaks a memory address to the calling function which can be used as part of an exploit inside the sandboxed content process. Vendor Response “Security vulnerabilities … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Firefox Information Leak

ScadaICS Schneider

October 9, 2018 admin

EcoXpert™ partnership delivers a state-of-the-art smart building

Credit to Author: Customer Voices| Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:47:03 +0000

Managing a data center’s environment, security, and power is vital to operations. The smallest disruption can cause the loss of critical data services, and the smallest inefficiencies can multiply energy… Read more »

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